Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Society is always trying in some way to grind us down to a single flat...

Society is always trying in some way to grind us down to a single flat...

A thought is often original, though you have uttered it a hundred times.

A thought is often original, though you have uttered it a hundred times.

Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse. One comfort we have - Cincinnati sounds...

Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse. One comfort we have - Cincinnati sounds...

Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of...

Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of...

The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.

The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.

How many people live on the reputation of the reputation they might have made!

How many people live on the reputation of the reputation they might have made!

Every idea is an incitement... Eloquence may set fire to reason.

Every idea is an incitement... Eloquence may set fire to reason.

Beware how you take away hope from another human being.

Beware how you take away hope from another human being.

To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be...

To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be...

Our brains are seventy-year clocks. The Angel of Life winds them up once for all,...

Our brains are seventy-year clocks. The Angel of Life winds them up once for all,...

I think that, as life is action and passion, it is required of a man...

I think that, as life is action and passion, it is required of a man...

A man may fulfil the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot...

A man may fulfil the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot...

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.

Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays, the pleasing game of interchanging praise.

Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays, the pleasing game of interchanging praise.

Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding.

Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding.

Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.

Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.

If a hug represented how much I loved you, I would hold you in my...

If a hug represented how much I loved you, I would hold you in my...

The greatest act of faith is when a man understands he is not God.

The greatest act of faith is when a man understands he is not God.

Let your dreams be bigger than your fears, your actions louder than your words, and...

Let your dreams be bigger than your fears, your actions louder than your words, and...

Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.

Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.

We are all artists in everything we do. Art is creating; it is our link...

We are all artists in everything we do. Art is creating; it is our link...

Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day...

Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day...