I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general propositions - adding that no general proposition is worth a damn.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Love prefers twilight to daylight.

Love prefers twilight to daylight.

Simple people... are very quick to see the live facts which are going on about...

Simple people... are very quick to see the live facts which are going on about...

A goose flies by a chart which the Royal Geographical Society could not mend.

A goose flies by a chart which the Royal Geographical Society could not mend.

Beauty is only skin deep... but dont tell an ugly person that

Beauty is only skin deep... but dont tell an ugly person that

I would not give a fig for the simplicity this side of complexity, but I...

I would not give a fig for the simplicity this side of complexity, but I...

Writing or printing is like shooting with a rifle; you may hit your reader's mind,...

Writing or printing is like shooting with a rifle; you may hit your reader's mind,...

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...

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

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

When in doubt, do it.

When in doubt, do it.

Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The...

Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The...

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,...

The books we read should be chosen with great care, that they may be, as...

The books we read should be chosen with great care, that they may be, as...

The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but...

The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but...

The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms. Very often it does...

The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms. Very often it does...

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.

Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.

Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.

Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.

Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.

Love prefers twilight to daylight

Love prefers twilight to daylight

Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be silly

Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be silly

Give expression to the noble desires that lie in your heart.

Give expression to the noble desires that lie in your heart.

The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may...

The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may...