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.
alike husband last wife
Husband and wife come to look alike at last
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.
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.
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.
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.
train-of-thought ideas roots
Any new formula which suddenly emerges in our consciousness has its roots in long trains of thought; it is virtually old when it first makes its appearance among the recognized growths of our intellect.
always-trying society grind
Society is always trying in some way to grind us down to a single flat surface.
imbeciles three generations
Three generations of imbeciles are enough.
learning tests certainty
Certitude is not the test of certainty.