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 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 real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men -...

The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men -...

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...

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

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

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;...

Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our...

Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our...

Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by children.

Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by children.

Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our...

Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our...

Fresh air is good if you do not take too much of it; most of...

Fresh air is good if you do not take too much of it; most of...

One's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.

One's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.

Memory is a net: one that finds it full of fish when he takes it...

Memory is a net: one that finds it full of fish when he takes it...

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...

The advice of the elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal...

The advice of the elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal...

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

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

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,...

Beware how you take away hope from another human being.

Beware how you take away hope from another human being.

Beware how you take away hope from any human being

Beware how you take away hope from any human being

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

The man who is always worrying about whether or not his soul would be damned...

The man who is always worrying about whether or not his soul would be damned...

Apology is only egotism wrong side out.

Apology is only egotism wrong side out.