A new untruth is better than an old truth.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one,...

Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one,...

Beauty is the index of a larger fact than wisdom.

Beauty is the index of a larger fact than wisdom.

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...

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...

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.

If truth were not often suggested by error, if old implements could not be adjusted...

If truth were not often suggested by error, if old implements could not be adjusted...

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...

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...

He has half the deed done who has made a beginning.

He has half the deed done who has made a beginning.

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;...

Most people are willing to take the Sermon on the Mount as a flag to...

Most people are willing to take the Sermon on the Mount as a flag to...

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 hearts

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

People who honestly mean to be true really contradict themselves much more rarely than those...

People who honestly mean to be true really contradict themselves much more rarely than those...

Some people are so heavenly minded that they are no earthly good.

Some people are so heavenly minded that they are no earthly good.

I don't generally feel anything until noon, then it's time for my nap.

I don't generally feel anything until noon, then it's time for my nap.

Controversy equalizes fools and wise men - and the fools know it.

Controversy equalizes fools and wise men - and the fools know it.

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

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

In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must...

In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must...

Destiny is a good thing to accept when it's going your way. When it isn't,...

Destiny is a good thing to accept when it's going your way. When it isn't,...

In baseball, you can't kill the clock. You've got to give the other man his...

In baseball, you can't kill the clock. You've got to give the other man his...

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.