A person is always startled when he hears himself called old for the first time. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Copy Share Image
The bigot is like the pupil of the eye, the more light you put upon it, the more it will contract. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Copy Share Image
The mind, once expanded to the dimensions of larger ideas, never returns to its original size. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Creativity Copy Share Image
It is far from easy to determine whether she (Nature) has proved to man a kind parent or a merciless stepmother — Oliver Wendell Holmes Nature Copy Share Image
Nature has but one judgment on wrong conduct - if you can call that a judgment which seemingly has no reference to… — Oliver Wendell Holmes Death Copy Share Image
One's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Idea Copy Share Image
Several years before birth, advertise for a couple of parents belonging to long-lived families. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Family Copy Share Image
The man flaps about with a bunch of feathers: the woman goes to work softly with a cloth — Oliver Wendell Holmes Copy Share Image
If I had a formula for bypassing trouble, I would not pass it round. Trouble creates a capacity to handle it. I… — Oliver Wendell Holmes Copy Share Image
It is a good plan to have a book with you in all places and at all times. If you are presently… — Oliver Wendell Holmes Copy Share Image
Talking is like playing on the harp, there is as much in laying the hand on the strings to stop their vibration… — Oliver Wendell Holmes Acceptance Copy Share Image
A man's mind stretched by a new idea can never go back to its original dimensions. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Creativity Copy Share Image
My fee, if I select the subject, is $150; if your committee selects the subject, the charge is $250, but in either… — Oliver Wendell Holmes Copy Share Image
