Best Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes
- I like children; I like 'em, and I respect 'em. Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by them. All
- Beware how you take away hope from another human being. Another Human
- Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and… All
- The mind of a bigot to the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the more it contracts. Bigot
- A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve. Achieve
- Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way - and the fools know it. Controversy
- Memories, imagination, old sentiments, and associations are more readily reached through the sense of smell than through any other channel. Any
- The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men - from mothers most of all, who carry the key of… All
- Most people are willing to take the Sermon on the Mount as a flag to sail under, but few will use it as a rudder… Few
- The Amen of nature is always a flower. Amen
- It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living. Enthusiasm
- Why can't somebody give us a list of things that everybody thinks and nobody says, and another list of things that everybody says and nobody… Another List
- Some people are so heavenly minded that they are no earthly good. Disrespectful
- Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding. Breeding
- Apology is only egotism wrong side out. Apology
- Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall. All
- To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old. Age
- It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen. Empathy
- A person is always startled when he hears himself seriously called an old man for the first time. Age
- Love prefers twilight to daylight. Daylight
- People who honestly mean to be true really contradict themselves much more rarely than those who try to be 'consistent'. Consistent
- Stupidity often saves a man from going mad. From
- Have the courage to act instead of react. Act
- Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one, he is a pedant. Bullied
- Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light. Inspirational
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