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Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes

It is a good plan to have a book with you in all places and at all times. If you are presently without, hurry without delay to the nearest shop and buy one of mine Picture Quote #1

Life as we call it, is nothing but the edge of the boundless ocean of existence when it comes upon soundings Picture Quote #1

I would never use a long word, even, where a short one would answer the purpose Picture Quote #1

Whatever comes from the brain carries the hue of the place it came from, and whatever comes from the heart carries the heat and color of its birthplace Picture Quote #1

We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial, but it is indelible. You cannot educate a man wholly out of the superstitious fears which were implanted in his imagination, no matter how utterly his reason may reject them Picture Quote #1

A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun, and might, if the latter were of an aggravated character, return a verdict of justifiable homicide Picture Quote #1

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Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked. Good mental machinery ought to break its own wheels and levers, if anything is thrust among them suddenly which tends to stop them or reverse their motion. A weak mind does not accumulate force enough to hurt itself; stupidity often saves a man from going mad Picture Quote #1

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it, but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor Picture Quote #1

Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than in the one where they sprung up Picture Quote #1

The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms. Very often it does not know what to do with genius Picture Quote #1

We do not quit playing because we grow old, we grow old because we quit playing Picture Quote #1

The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the more it will contract Picture Quote #1

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Science is good furniture for one’s upper chamber, if there is common sense below Picture Quote #1

Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water bath is to the body Picture Quote #1

There’s nothing that keeps its youth, so far as I know, but a tree and truth Picture Quote #1

If you wish to keep as well as possible, the less you think about your health the better Picture Quote #1

Most of the things we do, we do for no better reason than that our fathers have done them or that our neighbors do them, and the same is true of a larger part than we suspect of what we think Picture Quote #1

The law embodies the story of a nation’s development through many centuries, and it cannot be dealt with as if it contained only the axioms and corollaries of a book of mathematics Picture Quote #1

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My experience with public libraries is that the first volume of the book I inquire for is out, unless I happen to want the second, when that is out Picture Quote #1

Reason means truth and those who are not governed by it take the chance that someday the sunken fact will rip the bottom out of their boat Picture Quote #1

Wake in our breast the living fires, the holy faith that warmed our sires; Thy hand hath made our nation free; To die for her is serving thee Picture Quote #1

Fame is the scentless sunflower, with gaudy crown of gold; But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold Picture Quote #1

Don’t ever think the poetry is dead in an old man because his forehead is wrinkled, or that his manhood has left him when his hand trembles! If they ever were there, they are there still! Picture Quote #1

You can hire logic, in the shape of a lawyer, to prove anything that you want to prove Picture Quote #1

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You may set it down as a truth which admits of few exceptions, that those who ask your opinion really want your praise, and will be contented with nothing less Picture Quote #1

Be polite and generous, but don’t undervalue yourself. You will be useful, at any rate; you may just as well be happy, while you are about it Picture Quote #1

We forget that weakness is not in itself a sin. We forget that even cowardice may call for our most lenient judgment, if it spring from innate infirmity Picture Quote #1

All of us love companionship and sympathy; some of us may love them too much. All of us are more or less imaginative in our theology Picture Quote #1

We are very shy of asking questions of those who know enough to destroy with one word the hopes we live on Picture Quote #1

Nobody talks much that doesn’t say unwise things, things he did not mean to say; as no person plays much without striking a false note sometimes Picture Quote #1

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It is a good plan to have a book with you in all places and at all times. If you are presently without, hurry without delay to the nearest shop and buy one of mine (Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes) Life as we call it, is nothing but the edge of the boundless ocean of existence when it comes upon soundings (Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes) I would never use a long word, even, where a short one would answer the purpose (Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes) Whatever comes from the brain carries the hue of the place it came from, and whatever comes from the heart carries the heat and color of its birthplace (Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes) We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial, but it is indelible. You cannot educate a man wholly out of the superstitious fears which were implanted in his imagination, no matter how utterly his reason may reject them (Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes) A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun, and might, if the latter were of an aggravated character, return a verdict of justifiable homicide (Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes) Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked. Good mental machinery ought to break its own wheels and levers, if anything is thrust among them suddenly which tends to stop them or reverse their motion. A weak mind does not accumulate force enough to hurt itself; stupidity often saves a man from going mad (Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes) I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it, but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor (Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes) Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than in the one where they sprung up (Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes) The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms. Very often it does not know what to do with genius (Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes) We do not quit playing because we grow old, we grow old because we quit playing (Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes) The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the more it will contract (Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes) Science is good furniture for one’s upper chamber, if there is common sense below (Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes) Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water bath is to the body (Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes) There’s nothing that keeps its youth, so far as I know, but a tree and truth (Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes) If you wish to keep as well as possible, the less you think about your health the better (Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes) Most of the things we do, we do for no better reason than that our fathers have done them or that our neighbors do them, and the same is true of a larger part than we suspect of what we think (Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes) The law embodies the story of a nation’s development through many centuries, and it cannot be dealt with as if it contained only the axioms and corollaries of a book of mathematics (Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes) My experience with public libraries is that the first volume of the book I inquire for is out, unless I happen to want the second, when that is out (Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes) Reason means truth and those who are not governed by it take the chance that someday the sunken fact will rip the bottom out of their boat (Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes) Wake in our breast the living fires, the holy faith that warmed our sires; Thy hand hath made our nation free; To die for her is serving thee (Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes) Fame is the scentless sunflower, with gaudy crown of gold; But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold (Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes) Don’t ever think the poetry is dead in an old man because his forehead is wrinkled, or that his manhood has left him when his hand trembles! If they ever were there, they are there still! (Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes) You can hire logic, in the shape of a lawyer, to prove anything that you want to prove (Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes) You may set it down as a truth which admits of few exceptions, that those who ask your opinion really want your praise, and will be contented with nothing less (Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes) Be polite and generous, but don’t undervalue yourself. You will be useful, at any rate; you may just as well be happy, while you are about it (Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes) We forget that weakness is not in itself a sin. We forget that even cowardice may call for our most lenient judgment, if it spring from innate infirmity (Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes) All of us love companionship and sympathy; some of us may love them too much. All of us are more or less imaginative in our theology (Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes) We are very shy of asking questions of those who know enough to destroy with one word the hopes we live on (Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes) Nobody talks much that doesn’t say unwise things, things he did not mean to say; as no person plays much without striking a false note sometimes (Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes)

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