Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes was the name of two prominent men, father and son:...
men way willpower
Man has will, but woman has her way.
ignorance knowledge mean
Science ... in other words, knowledge-is not the enemy of religion; for, if so, then religion would mean ignorance. But it is often the antagonist of school-divinity.
moving ocean knowledge
Knowledge-it excites prejudices to call it science-is advancing as irresistibly, as majestically, as remorselessly as the ocean moves in upon the shore.
cities axes earth
The axis of the earth sticks out visibly through the center of each and every town or city.
hands effort unseen
The noblest service comes from nameless hands; and the best servant does his work unseen.
hero thinking ideas
To think great thoughts you must be heroes as well as idealists.
death sleep three
There are three natural anaesthetics: Sleep, fainting, and death.
family quality generations
There is something frightful in the way in which not only characteristic qualities, but particular manifestations of them, are repeated from generation to generation.
always-trying society grind
Society is always trying in some way to grind us down to a single flat surface.
apology thinking phrases
The minute a phrase, becomes current, it becomes an apology for not thinking accurately to the end of the sentence.
horse color soldier
A good soldier, like a good horse, cannot be of a bad color.
ignorant may never-forget
Even the wisest woman you talk to is ignorant of something you may know, but an elegant woman never forgets her elegance.
courtesy holmes relation
The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.
train-of-thought ideas roots
Any new formula which suddenly emerges in our consciousness has its roots in long trains of thought; it is virtually old when it first makes its appearance among the recognized growths of our intellect.