Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes
A man may fulfil the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve.
– Oliver Wendell Holmes
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A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.
– Oliver Wendell Holmes
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All men are bores, except when we want them.
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A person is always startled when he hears himself seriously called an old man for the first time.
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A misprint kills a sensitive author
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Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.
– Oliver Wendell Holmes
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Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than in the one where they sprung up.
– Oliver Wendel Holmes
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One’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.
– Oliver Wendell Holmes
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The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done.
– Oliver Wendell Holmes
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The only happy man is a man whose work permits him to function to the full extent of his ability.
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The secret of my success is that at an early age I discovered I was not God.
– Oliver Wendell Holmes
Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch, nay, you may kick it all about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening.
~Oliver Wendell Holmes
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Truth is the breath of life to human society. It is the food of the immortal spirit. Yet a single word of it may kill a man as suddenly as a drop of prussic acid.
~Oliver Wendell Holmes
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Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.
-Oliver Wendell Holmes