Oliver Wendell Holmes
Quotes
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Civilization is the process of reducing the infinite to the finite.
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Even a dog knows the difference between being kicked and being stumbled over.
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The great thing in this world is not so much where you stand, as in what direction you are moving.
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There's nothing that keeps its youth,
So far as I know, but a tree and truth. -
Knowledge and timber shouldn't be much used till they are seasoned.
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To be 70 years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be 40 years old.
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Science is good furniture for one's upper chamber, if there is common sense below.
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Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.
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