Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes was the name of two prominent men, father and son:...
teamwork ideas sprung-up
Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than in the one where they sprung up.
years age fifteen
Old age is fifteen years older than I am.
blow silence sound
And silence, like a poultice, comes To heal the blows of sound.
perseverance ambition challenges
But the moment you turn a corner you see another straight stretch ahead and there comes some further challenge to your ambition.
friendship sweet rose
Fame is the scentless sunflower, with gaudy crown of gold; But friendship is the rose, with sweets in every fold.
men chiefs ends
I dare say that I have worked off my fundamental formula on you that the chief end of man is to frame general propositions and that no general proposition is worth a damn.
fire may reason
Eloquence may set fire to reason.
feet pigs morality
Our morality seems to be only a check on the ultimate domination of force, just as our politeness is a check on the impulse of every pig to put his feet in the trough.
teacher powerful army
I know of no teachers so powerful and persuasive as the little army of specialists. They carry no banners, they beat no drums; but where they are men learn that bustle and push are not the equals of quiet genius and serene mastery.
wise lying wine
If wine tells truth - and so have said the wise, It makes me laugh to think how brandy lies!
garden roots experts
On every stem, on every leaf,... and at the root of everything that grew, was a professional specialist in the shape of grub, caterpillar, aphis, or other expert, whose business it was to devour that particular part.
stars lying spring
The wind blows out, the bubble dies; The spring entomb'd in autumn lies; The dew dries up; the star is shot; The flight is past, and man forgot.
decision intuition judgment
General propositions do not decide concrete cases. The decision will depend on a judgment or intuition more subtle than any articulate major premise.
essence government growth
The provisions of the Constitution are not mathematical formulas having their essence in their form; they are organic, living institutions transplanted from English soil. Their significance is vital, not formal; it is to be gathered not simply by taking the words and a dictionary, but by considering their origin and the line of their growth.