Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes

Simple people... are very quick to see the live facts which are going on about them.
Oliver Wendell Holmes

Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.
Oliver Wendell Holmes

Old age is fifteen years older than I am.
Oliver Wendell Holmes

When in doubt, do it.
Oliver Wendell Holmes

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.
Oliver Wendell Holmes

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.
Oliver Wendell Holmes

Don't be "consistent" but be simple true.
Oliver Wendell Holmes

Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes
		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. Oliver Wendell Holmes Vote on this Quote: Bad <---> Good
		Author Details: Type: Writer Quotes Category: American Writer Quotes Date of Birth: August 29, 1809 Date of Death: October 8, 1894 Nationality: American Amazon: Oliver Wendell Holmes on Amazon	Related Authors: Napoleon Hill Dale Carnegie Robert A. Heinlein H. L. Mencken Denis Waitley Rick Warren Eric Hoffer Anne Morrow Lindbergh
		Select Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotations: Simple people... are very quick to see the live facts which are going on about them. Oliver Wendell Holmes Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust. Oliver Wendell Holmes Old age is fifteen years older than I am. Oliver Wendell Holmes When in doubt, do it. Oliver Wendell Holmes The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving. Oliver Wendell Holmes The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions. Oliver Wendell Holmes Don't be "consistent" but be simple true. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Quote Keywords: Break, Bubble, Day, Evening, Football, Full, Kick, May, Nay, Round, Touch, Tough, Truth, Will	Dictionary Links: Break, Bubble, Day, Evening, Football, Full, Kick, May, Nay, Round, Touch, Tough, Truth, Will	All Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotations: A few can touch the magic... A goose flies by a chart... A great calamity is as old... A man may fulfill the object... A new untruth is better than... A person is always startled when... A pun does not commonly justify... A thought is often original, though... Apology is only egotism wrong side out. Between two groups of people who... Beware how you take away hope... But friendship is the breathing rose... Chicago sounds rough to the maker... Controversy equalizes fools and wise men... Do not be bullied out of... Don't be "consistent" but be simple true. Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you... Don't you stay at home of... Even for practical purposes theory generally... Every calling is great when greatly pursued. Every idea is an incitement... Eloquence... Every library should try to be... Every real thought on every real... Fame usually comes to those who... Fresh air is good if you... Grow we must, if we outgrow... Happiness consists in activity. It is... Have the courage to act instead... He has half the deed done... I don't generally feel anything until... I hate facts. I always say... I think that, as life is... I won't accept anything less than... If I were dying my last... If there is any principle of... Insanity is often the logic of... It is the province of knowledge... It is very lonely sometimes, trying... It's faith in something and enthusiasm... Knowledge like timber shouldn't be mush... Language is the blood of the... Life is painting a picture, not... Love is the master key that... Love prefers twilight to daylight. Many ideas grow better when transplanted... Many people die with their music... Memories, imagination, old sentiments, and associations are... Memory is a net: one that... Men do not quit playing because... Most people are willing to take... Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented... Nothing is so common-place as... Old age is fifteen years older... One's mind, once stretched by a... Our brains are seventy-year clocks... People who honestly mean to be... Pretty much all the honest truth... Put not your trust in money... Rough work, iconoclasm, but the only... Science is a first-rate piece... Simple people... are very quick to... Some people are so heavenly minded... Speak clearly, if you speak at... Stillness of person and steadiness of... Stupidity often saves a man from... Sweet is the scene where genial... The advice of the elders to... The Amen of nature is always... The great thing in the world... The main part of intellectual education... The man who is always worrying... The mind, once expanded to the... The mode by which the inevitable... The real religion of the world... The sound of a kiss is... The very aim and end of... The world is always ready to... The world's great men have not... The young man knows the rules... This is a court of law... Through our great good fortune, in... To be civilized is to be... To be seventy years young is... To reach a port we must... Truth is tough. It will not... Truth, when not sought after, rarely... We do not quit playing because... When in doubt, do it. Where we love is home - home... Why can't somebody give us a... Wisdom is the abstract of the... Without wearing any mask we are...

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