178 Quotations by Oliver Wendell Holmes
- 161. To live is to function. That is all there is in living.
- 162. To obtain a man's opinion of you, make him mad.
- 163. To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not dri ...
- 164. Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at the touch, nay, you may kick it about all day l ...
- 165. Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.
- 166. Unpretending mediocrity is good, and genius is glorious; but a weak flavor of genius in an essential ...
- 167. We expect more of ourselves than we have any right to.
- 168. What a comfort a dull but kindly person is, to be sure, at times! A ground-glass shade over a gas-la ...
- 169. What I call a good patient is one who, having found a good physician, sticks to him till he dies.
- 170. What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.
- 171. When I think of talking, it is of course with a woman. For talking at its best being an inspiration, ...
- 172. Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.
- 173. Why can't somebody give us a list of things that everybody thinks and nobody says, and another list ...
- 174. Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend.
- 175. You commit a sin of omission if you do not utilize all the power that is within you. All men have cl ...
- 176. Young men know the rules, but old men know the exceptions.
- 177. Youth fades, love droops, the leaves of friendship fall; a mother's secret hope outlives them all
- 178. Youth fades; love droops, the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope outlives them all.
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