For the simplicity on this side of complexity, I wouldn't give you a fig. But for the simplicity on the other side of complexity, for that I would give you anything I have. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Copy Share Image
I hate paying taxes. But I love the civilization they give me — Oliver Wendell Holmes Copy Share Image
Even a dog knows the difference between being kicked and being stumbled over. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
A man's mind stretched by a new idea can never go back to its original dimensions. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Copy Share Image
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 Image
Beauty is only skin deep... but dont tell an ugly person that — 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 Copy Share Image
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 Image
Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Copy Share Image
When men have realized that time has upset many fighting faiths, they may come to believe... that the ultimate good desired is better reached by free trade in ideas-- that the best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market, and that truth is the only ground upon which… — Oliver Wendell Holmes Copy Share
