It is mediocrity which makes laws and sets mantraps and spring-guns in the realm of free song, saying … - James Russell Lowell - Quotesmemo.com

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You gotta be really careful what you bite off. Don't bite off more than you can chew. It's a dangerous world.

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James Russell Lowell

It is mediocrity which makes laws and sets mantraps and spring-guns in the realm of free song, saying thus far shalt thou go and no further.

Gun, Mediocrity, Saying, Song, Spring, Thou

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The only conclusive evidence of a man's sincerity is that he gives himself for a principle. Words, money, all things else, are comparatively easy to give away; but when a man makes a gift of his daily life and practice, it is plain that the truth, whatever it may be, has taken possession of him.

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And what they dare to dream of, date to do.

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Human nature has a much greater genius for sameness than for originality.

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What men call luck Is the prerogative of valiant souls, The fealty life pays its rightful kings.

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For only by unlearning Wisdom comes.

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My generation didn`t face the kind of urgent, pressing issues that my parents did, who fought through a war and a Depression and know what suffering is. That`s why Bob Dole had a tough time with this electorate. He was an old-fashioned curmudgeon who knew about sacrifice, and we didn`t know if we could live up to his standards. But we knew we could live up to Bill Clinton`s. He`s more like one of us.

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