Oliver Wendell Holmes ( 10 of 49 )
To have doubted one's own first principles, is the mark of a civilized man.
To have doubted one's own first principles, is the mark of a civilized man.
Give us the luxuries of life and we'll dispense with the necessaries.
Give us the luxuries of life and we'll dispense with the necessaries.
For him in vain the envious seasons roll, Who bears eternal summer in his soul.
For him in vain the envious seasons roll, Who bears eternal summer in his soul.
The mode in which the inevitable comes to pass is through effort.
The mode in which the inevitable comes to pass is through effort.
Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.
Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.
Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is read more
Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water bath is to the body.
Revolutions are not made by men in spectacles.
Revolutions are not made by men in spectacles.
It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.
It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.
I always say, as you know, that if my fellow citizens want to go to Hell I will help them. read more
I always say, as you know, that if my fellow citizens want to go to Hell I will help them. It's my job.
Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle that fits them all.
Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle that fits them all.
