All Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes
The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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Some people are so heavenly minded that they are no earthly good.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men - from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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Old age is fifteen years older than I am.
Oliver Wendell Holmes in
Age
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The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.
Oliver Wendell Holmes in
Wisdom
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Every real thought on every real subject knocks the wind out of somebody or other.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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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
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Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend.
Oliver Wendell Holmes in
Friendship
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The mind, once expanded to the dimensions of larger ideas, never returns to its original size.
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Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.
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If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought, not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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Memory is a net: one that finds it full of fish when he takes it from the brook, but a dozen miles of water have run through it without sticking.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.
Oliver Wendell Holmes in
Art
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Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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