Oliver Wendell Holmes

The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the read more

The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the more it will contract.

I think that, as life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the read more

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.

Love prefers twilight to daylight.

Love prefers twilight to daylight.

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

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

Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.

Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.