Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes was the name of two prominent men, father and son:...
call doctors found good patient sticks till
What I call a good patient is one who, having found a good physician, sticks to him till he dies.
bundle great life
Life is a great bundle of little things
action judged life man passion peril required share
Life is action and passion; therefore, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of the time, at peril of being judged not to have lived.
ancestry features good limbs marks persons signal sit stillness vulgar work
Stillness and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding. Vulgar persons can't sit still, or at least must always work their limbs and features.
alike husband last wife
Husband and wife come to look alike at last
bath few music soul twice week
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.
casting democracy hand shakes vote
The freeman, casting with unpurchased hand the vote that shakes the turrets of the land.
certainty generally human longing
The longing for certainty... is in every human mind. But certainty is generally illusion.
calamity disaster great
A great calamity is as old as the trilobites an hour after it has happened.
swings noses fists
My right to swing my fist ends where your nose begins.
insperational where-you-are position
Success. Is not the position where you are standing, but which direction you are going.
funny lawyer deals
Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.
negative moral ethics
Beware of making your moral staple consist of the negative virtues.
necks vices virtue
It is very grand to die in harness, but it is very pleasant to have the tight straps unbuckled and the heavy collar lifted from the neck and shoulders.