Even a dog knows the difference between being kicked and being stumbled over. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Differences 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… — Oliver Wendell Holmes Good man 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 Direction 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
Husband and wife come to look alike at last — Oliver Wendell Holmes Husband and wife Copy Share Image
To brag little - to show well - to crow gently, if in luck - to pay up, to own up, and… — Oliver Wendell Holmes Character Copy Share Image
Beauty is only skin deep... but dont tell an ugly person that — Oliver Wendell Holmes Beauty 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
Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll! Leave thy low-vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler… — Oliver Wendell Holmes Art Copy Share Image
Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Music 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… — Oliver Wendell Holmes Accepted Copy Share Image
When I think of talking, it is of course with a woman. For talking at its best being an inspiration, it wants… — Oliver Wendell Holmes Divine 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
The woman cries before the wedding; the man afterward. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Marriage Copy Share Image
I would not give a fig for the simplicity this side of complexity, but I would give my life for the simplicity… — Oliver Wendell Holmes Life 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
A good and true woman is said to resemble a Cremona fiddle: age but increases its worth and sweetens its tone. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Age Copy Share Image
The man flaps about with a bunch of feathers: the woman goes to work softly with a cloth — Oliver Wendell Holmes Men and women 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 flag, one land, one heart, one hand, One Nation evermore! — Oliver Wendell Holmes 4th of july Copy Share Image
I don't generally feel anything until noon, then it's time for my nap. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Time Copy Share Image
Controversy equalizes fools and wise men - and the fools know it. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Wisdom Copy Share Image
The longing for certainty... is in every human mind. But certainty is generally illusion. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Doubt Copy Share Image
If truth were not often suggested by error, if old implements could not be adjusted to new uses, human progress would be… — Oliver Wendell Holmes Human progress Copy Share Image
