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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There is no time like the old time, when you and I were young!

There is no time like the old time, when you and I were young!

To brag little - to show well - to crow gently, if in luck -...

To brag little - to show well - to crow gently, if in luck -...

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...

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...

Have the courage to act instead of react.

Have the courage to act instead of react.

A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were...

A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were...

I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing... and he...

I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing... and he...

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;...

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!

If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than...

If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than...

It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom...

It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom...

Several years before birth, advertise for a couple of parents belonging to long-lived families.

Several years before birth, advertise for a couple of parents belonging to long-lived families.

The man flaps about with a bunch of feathers: the woman goes to work softly...

The man flaps about with a bunch of feathers: the woman goes to work softly...

It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom...

It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom...

The main part of intellectual education is not the acquisition of facts but learning how...

The main part of intellectual education is not the acquisition of facts but learning how...

Age, like distance, lends a double charm.

Age, like distance, lends a double charm.

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...

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

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

When money speaks, the truth is silent

When money speaks, the truth is silent

When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I...

When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I...

If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die.

If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die.