Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes was the name of two prominent men, father and son:...
kings book reading
The books we read should be chosen with great care, that they may be, as an Egyptian king wrote over his library,'The medicines of the soul.
funny believe humor
I firmly believe that if the whole material medica, as now used, could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, it would be better for mankind-and all the worse for the fishes.
men umpires worry
The man who is always worrying about whether or not his soul would be damned generally has a soul that isn't worth a damn.
fear men imagination
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.
birthday angel hands
Our brains are seventy-year clocks. The Angel of Life winds them up once for all, then closes the case, and gives the key into the hand of the Angel of the Resurrection.
simple people perception
Simple people... are very quick to see the live facts which are going on about them.
fall communication speech
Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.
memories smell imagination
Memories, imagination, old sentiments, and associations are more readily reached through the sense of smell than through any other channel.
love insanity mind
Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked.
trust money investment
Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.
ignorance science topography
Science is the topography of ignorance.
music death winning
A few can touch the magic string, and noisy fame is proud to win them: Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them!
air achievement too-much
Fresh air is good if you do not take too much of it; most of the achievements and pleasures of life are in bad air.
running communication inspiration
Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.