"Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to…" — Oliver Wendell Holmes

"Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light."

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

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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.

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
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Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth… — Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento

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