Quotes by : Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

When men have realized that time has upset many fighting faiths, they may come to believe... that the....

Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.

Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The....

A man's mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions.....

When I think of talking, it is of course with a woman. For talking at its best being an inspiration,....

Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked

Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.

It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.

Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.

What refuge is there for the victim who is oppressed with the feeling that there are a thousand new books....