"Society is always trying in some way to……" — Oliver Wendell Holmes
"Society is always trying in some way to grind us down to a single flat surface."
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
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166 Quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes has 166 quotes on this site.
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Yes, child of suffering, thou may'st well be sure He who ordained the Sabbath loves the poor!
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We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial, but it…
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I would never use a long word, even, where a short one would answer the purpose.
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We call those poets who are first to mark, Through earth's dull mist the coming of the dawn, Who see…
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The Indian is but a sketch in red crayon of a rudimental manhood. To the problem of his relation to…
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I firmly believe that if the whole material medica, as now used, could be sunk to the bottom of the…
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Youth longs and manhood strives, but age remembers.
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What we most want to ask of our Maker is an unfolding of the divine purpose in putting human beings…
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The sea drowns out humanity and time. It has no sympathy with either, for it belongs to eternity; and of…
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Whatever comes from the brain carries the hue of the place it came from, and whatever comes from the heart…
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The best servant does his work unseen.
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See how he throws his baited lines about,/And plays his men as anglers play their trout.
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Man is an imperceptible atom always trying to become one with God.
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Anybody with artistic ambitions is always trying to reconnect with the way they saw things as a child.
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I am a great admirer of other actors, but I never compete with other actors. I always compete with what…
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I'm always trying to do the impossible to please people. It comes from not being secure in myself and not…
— Naomi Campbell
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The trouble with always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it is so difficult to do…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Whether it's a friendly match, or for points, or a final, or any game - I play the same. I'm…
— Lionel Messi
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It is the excitement of becoming - always becoming, trying, probing, falling, resting, and trying again- but always trying and…
— Lyndon B. Johnson
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The better you get, the less you run around showing off as a muscle guy. You know, you wear regular…
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I don't think you're ever there. You never arrive, but if you do, you might as well quit because you're…
— Tiger Woods
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The church is always trying to get other people to reform, it might not be a bad idea to reform…
— Mark Twain
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I followed Taylor everywhere. I was always trying to catch up after him or go with him.
— Blake Griffin
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I loved performing; I was always trying to impress my siblings by being a clown. I think that came from…
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