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It is the privilege of genius that life never grows common place, as it does for the rest of us.
Genius
James Russell Lowell

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It is the rooted instinct in men to admire what is better and more beautiful than themselves.
Instinct
James Russell Lowell

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Solitude is as needed to the imagination as society is wholesome to the character.
Solitude
James Russell Lowell

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The mind can weave itself warmly in the cocoon of its own thoughts, and dwell a hermit anywhere.
Introspection
James Russell Lowell

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The true ideal is not opposed to the real but lies in it; and blessed are the eyes that find it.
Ideals and Idealism
James Russell Lowell

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To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires.
Desire
James Russell Lowell

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What a sense of security in an old book which time has criticized for us.
Books - Reading
James Russell Lowell

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What men prize most is a privilege, even if it be that of chief mourner at a funeral.
Privilege
James Russell Lowell

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If we see light at the end of the tunnel, it the light of the oncoming train.
Pessimism
Robert Lowell

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Politicians say they're beefing up our economy. Most don't know beef from pork.
Politicians and Politics
Hariold Lowman

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We're all stumbling towards the light with varying degrees of grace at any given moment.
Grace
Bo Lozoff

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Before buying anything, it is well to ask if one could do without it.
Restraint
Sir John Lubbock

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When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace.
Excellence
Sir John Lubbock

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Your character will be what you yourself choose to make it.
Character
Sir John Lubbock

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The mere apprehension of a coming evil has put many into a situation of the utmost danger.
Danger
F. L. Lucan

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A man's home may seem to be his castle on the outside; inside, it is more often his nursery.
Home
Clare Boothe Luce

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Always remember, Peggy, it's matrimonial suicide to be jealous when you have a really good reason.
Jealousy
Clare Boothe Luce

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But if God had wanted us to think just with our wombs, why did He give us a brain?
Women
Clare Boothe Luce

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Male supremacy has kept woman down. It has not knocked her out.
Feminism
Clare Boothe Luce

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You know, that's the only good thing about divorce; you get to sleep with your mother.
Divorce
Clare Boothe Luce

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The happy think a lifetime short, but to the unhappy one night can be an eternity.
Happiness
Lucian

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Wise is the person at either end. Who can in due measure spare as well as spend.
Money
Lucian

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Being an umpire is like being a king. It prepares you for nothing.
Baseball
Ron Luciano

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Success is that old A B C; ability, breaks, and courage.
Success
Charles Luckman

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In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers.
Wit
Lucretius

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun