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The worst of a modern stylish ...

The worst of a modern stylish mansion is that it has no place for ghosts.

Oliver Wendell Holmes 352 quotes

There was never an idea starte...

There was never an idea started that woke up men out of their stupid indifference but its originator was spoken of as a crank.

Oliver Wendell Holmes 352 quotes

When a man holds his tongue it...

When a man holds his tongue it does not signify much. But when a woman dispenses with the office of the mighty member, when she sheathed her natural weapon at a trying moment, it means that she trusts to still more formidable enginery; to tears it may be, a solvent more powerful than that with which Hannibal softened the alpine rocks...

Oliver Wendell Holmes 352 quotes

It is very grand to die in har...

It is very grand to die in harness, but it is very pleasant to have the tight straps unbuckled and the heavy collar lifted from the neck and shoulders.

Oliver Wendell Holmes 352 quotes

To think great thoughts you mu...

To think great thoughts you must be heroes as well as idealists.

Oliver Wendell Holmes 352 quotes

Every real thought on every re...

Every real thought on every real subject knocks the wind out of somebody or other.

Oliver Wendell Holmes 352 quotes

Any new formula which suddenly...

Any new formula which suddenly emerges in our consciousness has its roots in long trains of thought; it is virtually old when it first makes its appearance among the recognized growths of our intellect.

Oliver Wendell Holmes 352 quotes

You hear that boy laughing?you...

You hear that boy laughing?you think he's all fun; But the angels laugh, too, at the good he has done; The children laugh loud as they troop to his call, And the poor man that knows him laughs loudest of all.

Oliver Wendell Holmes 352 quotes

America is the only place wher...

America is the only place where man is full-grown!

Oliver Wendell Holmes 352 quotes

Lord, bid war's trumpet cease;...

Lord, bid war's trumpet cease; Fold the whole earth in peace.

Oliver Wendell Holmes 352 quotes

There is something frightful i...

There is something frightful in the way in which not only characteristic qualities, but particular manifestations of them, are repeated from generation to generation.

Oliver Wendell Holmes 352 quotes

The root of joy, as of duty, i...

The root of joy, as of duty, is to put all one's powers towards some great end.

Oliver Wendell Holmes 352 quotes

The nearer you come into relat...

The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.

Oliver Wendell Holmes 352 quotes

Even the wisest woman you talk...

Even the wisest woman you talk to is ignorant of something you may know, but an elegant woman never forgets her elegance.

Oliver Wendell Holmes 352 quotes

Science is the topography of i...

Science is the topography of ignorance. From a few elevated points we triangulate vast spaces, inclosing infinite unknown details. We cast the lead, and draw up a little sand from abysses we may never reach with our dredges.

Oliver Wendell Holmes 352 quotes

Young men know the rules, but ...

Young men know the rules, but old men know the exceptions.

Oliver Wendell Holmes 352 quotes

As for the excellent little wr...

As for the excellent little wretches who grow up in what they are taught, with never a scruple or a query, ... they signify nothing in the intellectual life of the race.

Oliver Wendell Holmes 352 quotes

Pretty much all law consists i...

Pretty much all law consists in forbidding men to do something that they want to do.

Oliver Wendell Holmes 352 quotes

Go on, fair Science; soon to t...

Go on, fair Science; soon to thee
Shall Nature yield her idle boast;
Her vulgar lingers formed a tree,
But thou hast trained it to a post.

Oliver Wendell Holmes 352 quotes

Science ... in other words, kn...

Science ... in other words, knowledge-is not the enemy of religion; for, if so, then religion would mean ignorance. But it is often the antagonist of school-divinity.

Oliver Wendell Holmes 352 quotes

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