Poverty comes pleading not for charity, for the most part, but imploring us to find a purchaser for its unmarketable wares. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. More Quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. More Quotes From Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. To us who remain behind is left this day of memories. Every year--in the full tide of spring, at the height of the symphony of flowers and love and life--there comes a pause, and through the silence we hear the lonely pipe of death. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. life-and-lovelonelymemories But when men have realized that time has upset many fighting faiths, they may come to believe...that the best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market... That at any rate is the theory of our constitution. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. fightingtruthbelieve Man has will, but woman has her way. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. womenhumorousfunny Eloquence may set fire to reason. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. firereasonmay Be willing to commit yourself to a course, perhaps a long and hard one, without being able to foresee exactly where you will come out. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. commitablelong Every idea is an incitement. It offers itself for belief, and if believed it is acted on unless some other belief outweighs it or some failure of energy stifles the movement at its birth. The only difference between the expression of an opinion and an incitement is the speaker's enthusiasm for the result. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. differencesexpressionideas Every calling is great when greatly pursued. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. life-and-lovespiritualgod If I were dying, my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown end. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. dyingfaithwould-be Young feller, you will never appreciate the potentialities of the English language until you have heard a Southern mule driver search the soul of a mule. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. appreciatesouthernwar Lawyers spend their professional careers shoveling smoke. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. dealslawyerfunny Old age is fifteen years older than I am. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. humorfunnyyears Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. painlifeart We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. expressionadvicescience We are all sentenced to capital punishment for the crime of living, and though the condemned cell of our earthly existence is but a narrow and bare dwelling-place, we have adjusted ourselves to it, and made it tolerably comfortable for the little while we are to be confined in it. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. dwelling-placecellslife Leisure only means a chance to do other jobs that demand attention. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. attentionjobsmean A person of genius should marry a person of character. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. talentgeniuscharacter It takes me several days, after I get back to Boston, to realize that the reference "the president" refers to the president of Harvard and not to a minor official in Washington. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. bostonrealizingpresident Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. civilized-societypaying-taxespay Detached reflection cannot be demanded in the presence of an uplifted knife. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. knivescompassionreflection The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. workmotivationalinspirational
