Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. More Quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. More Quotes From Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. For the simplicity on this side of complexity, I wouldn't give you a fig. But for the simplicity on the other side of complexity, for that I would give you anything I have. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. simplicity business giving The books we read should be chosen with great care, that they may be, as an Egyptian king wrote over his library,'The medicines of the soul. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. reading kings book The mind of a bigot to the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the more it contracts. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. eye inspirational science The sea drowns out humanity and time. It has no sympathy with either, for it belongs to eternity; and of that it sings its monotonous song forever and ever. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. sea forever song Stupidity often saves a man from going mad. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. stupid silly men When men have realized that time has upset many fighting faiths, they may come to believe... that the ultimate good desired is better reached by free trade in ideas-- that the best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market, and that truth is the only ground upon which their wishes safely can be carried out. That at any rate is the theory of our Constitution. It is an experiment. As all life is an experiment. Every year if not every day we wager our salvation upon some prophecy based upon imperfect knowledge. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. freedom fighting believe To obtain a man's opinion of you, make him mad. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. mad crazy men The year is getting to feel rich, for his golden fruits are ripening fast, and he has a large balance in the barns, which are his banks. The members of his family have found out that he is well to do in the world. September is dressing herself in show of dahlias and splendid marigolds and starry zinnias. October, the extravagant sister, has ordered an immense amount of the most gorgeous forest tapestry for her grand reception. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. golden balance years Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else - very rarely to those who say to themselves, 'Go to, now, let us be a celebrated individual!'. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. individual fame thinking You may have genius. The contrary is, of course, probable. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. courses genius may I think that, as life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of his time at peril of being judged not to have lived. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. success inspirational life I would never use a long word, even, where a short one would answer the purpose. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. purpose use long Life as we call it, is nothing but the edge of the boundless ocean of existence when it comes upon soundings. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. existence ocean life Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one, he is a pedant. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. common-sense bullying two Man is born a predestined idealist, for he is born to act. To act is to affirm the worth of an end, and to persist in affirming the worth of an end is to make an ideal. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. philanthropy ends men The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. political education men A woman never forgets her sex. She would rather talk with a man than an angel, any day. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. angel men sex Rough work, iconoclasm, but the only way to get at truth. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. iconoclasm honesty truth Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground-floor. But if a man hasn't got plenty of good common sense, the more science he has, the worse for his patient. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. common-sense men science Don't you stay at home of evenings? Don't you love a cushioned seat in a corner, by the fireside, with your slippers on your feet? Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. feet home retirement
