"Stupidity often saves a man from going mad." — Oliver Wendell Holmes

"Stupidity often saves a man from going mad."

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

From Quotes Going Quotes Going Mad Quotes Mad Quotes Man Quotes Men Quotes Often Quotes Often Saves Quotes Saves Quotes Silly Quotes Stupid Quotes Stupidity Quotes Stupidity Often Quotes

166 Quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Oliver Wendell Holmes has 166 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Yes, child of suffering, thou may'st well be sure He who ordained the Sabbath loves the poor!
We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial, but it…
I would never use a long word, even, where a short one would answer the purpose.
We call those poets who are first to mark, Through earth's dull mist the coming of the dawn, Who see…
The Indian is but a sketch in red crayon of a rudimental manhood. To the problem of his relation to…
I firmly believe that if the whole material medica, as now used, could be sunk to the bottom of the…
Youth longs and manhood strives, but age remembers.
What we most want to ask of our Maker is an unfolding of the divine purpose in putting human beings…
The sea drowns out humanity and time. It has no sympathy with either, for it belongs to eternity; and of…
Whatever comes from the brain carries the hue of the place it came from, and whatever comes from the heart…
The best servant does his work unseen.
See how he throws his baited lines about,/And plays his men as anglers play their trout.

See all 166 quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes »

More From Quotes

This quote is filed under From Quotes, one of 81,099 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally… — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our… — Hannah Arendt
Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always… — Hannah Arendt
Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the… — Alexis Arguello
From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto
As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Haiti, Haiti, the further I am from you, the less I breathe. Haiti, I love you, and I will love… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
In 1994, when I went back to Haiti from exile, we established a Commission for Truth and Justice and Reconciliation.… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the… — Aristophanes
At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle

See all 81,099 From Quotes »