A person is always startled when he hears himself called old for the first time. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Copy Share Image
Even a dog knows the difference between being kicked and being stumbled over. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Copy Share
There are a good many real miseries in life that we cannot help smiling at, but they are the smiles that make wrinkles and… — Oliver Wendell Holmes Copy Share
The great thing in this world is not so much where you stand, as in what direction you are moving. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Copy Share
A man's mind stretched by a new idea can never go back to its original dimensions. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Copy Share
To brag little - to show well - to crow gently, if in luck - to pay up, to own up, and to shut… — Oliver Wendell Holmes Copy Share
The mind, once expanded to the dimensions of larger ideas, never returns to its original size. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Copy Share
Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll! Leave thy low-vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler than the… — Oliver Wendell Holmes Copy Share
Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Copy Share
When men have realized that time has upset many fighting faiths, they may come to believe... that the ultimate good desired is better reached… — Oliver Wendell Holmes Copy Share
When I think of talking, it is of course with a woman. For talking at its best being an inspiration, it wants a corresponding… — Oliver Wendell Holmes Copy Share
If I had a formula for bypassing trouble, I would not pass it round. Trouble creates a capacity to handle it. I don't embrace… — Oliver Wendell Holmes Copy Share
