A few can touch the magic string, and noisy fame is proud to win them: Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them!

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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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...

Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has...

Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has...

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

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

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...

Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government.

Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government.

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.

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...

For him in vain the envious seasons roll, Who bears eternal summer in his soul.

For him in vain the envious seasons roll, Who bears eternal summer in his soul.

Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light

Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light

Laughter and tears are meant to turn the wheels of the same machinery of sensibility;...

Laughter and tears are meant to turn the wheels of the same machinery of sensibility;...

Age, like distance, lends a double charm.

Age, like distance, lends a double charm.

Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which...

Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which...

Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has...

Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has...

Nature has but one judgment on wrong conduct - if you can call that a...

Nature has but one judgment on wrong conduct - if you can call that a...

The great end of living is to harmonize man with the order of things

The great end of living is to harmonize man with the order of things

Love is the master key opens the gates of happiness.

Love is the master key opens the gates of happiness.

Love prefers twilight to daylight.

Love prefers twilight to daylight.

Stupidity often saves a man from going mad.

Stupidity often saves a man from going mad.

If you attack stupidity you attack and entrenched interest with friends in government and every...

If you attack stupidity you attack and entrenched interest with friends in government and every...

I am often surprised by the cleverness, and now and again by the stupidity of...

I am often surprised by the cleverness, and now and again by the stupidity of...