Civilization is the process of reducing the infinite to the finite. Oliver Wendell Holmes More Quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes More Quotes From Oliver Wendell Holmes The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done. Oliver Wendell Holmes No families take so little medicine as those of doctors, except those of apothecaries. Oliver Wendell Holmes Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by children. Oliver Wendell Holmes Speak clearly, if you speak at all carve every word before you let it fall. Oliver Wendell Holmes Beware how you take away hope from another human being. Oliver Wendell Holmes Every pursuit is great when greatly pursued. Oliver Wendell Holmes Greatness is not in where we stand, but in what direction we are moving. We must sail sometimes with the wind, and somtimes agaisnt it - but sail we must. And not drift, nor lie at anchor. Oliver Wendell Holmes Live Today like you may die tomorrow, Because someday you will be right. Oliver Wendell Holmes People can be divided into two classes those who go ahead and do something, and those who sit still and inquire, 'Why wasn't it done the other way' Oliver Wendell Holmes The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously. Oliver Wendell Holmes Taxes are the price we pay for civilization. Oliver Wendell Holmes Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow. Oliver Wendell Holmes Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water bath is to the body. Oliver Wendell Holmes It is by no means certain that our individual personality is the single inhabitant of these our corporeal frames... We all do things both awake and asleep which surprise us. Perhaps we have cotenants in this house we live in. Oliver Wendell Holmes It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes life worth living. Oliver Wendell Holmes The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins. Oliver Wendell Holmes Death tugs at my ear and says: "Live, I am coming." Oliver Wendell Holmes A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience. Oliver Wendell Holmes Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts. Oliver Wendell Holmes If I were dying, my last words would be, Have faith and pursue the unknown end. Oliver Wendell Holmes
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