Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes was the name of two prominent men, father and son:...
love dream kissing
The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.
civilization infinite reducing
Civilization is the process of reducing the infinite to the finite.
twilight daylight
Love prefers twilight to daylight.
friendship relationship courtesy
Don't flatter yourselves that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. On the contrary, the nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.
inspiration men age
A person is always startled when he hears himself seriously called an old man for the first time.
apology two-sides ego
Apology is only egotism wrong side out.
morning old-friends no-friends
There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no greeting like his welcome, no homage like his praise.
children ems done
I like children; I like 'em, and I respect 'em. Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by them.
football truth lying
Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening.
nature flower blossoming
The Amen of nature is always a flower.
beauty past being-beautiful
Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future.
education children years
A child's education should begin at least one hundred years before he is born.
book delay all-time
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.
thinking freedom-of-speech may
The very aim and end of our institutions is just this: that we may think what we like and say what we think.