A thought is often original, though you have uttered it a hundred times.

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...

When in doubt, do it.

When in doubt, do it.

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

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

Every real thought on every real subject knocks the wind out of somebody or other.

Every real thought on every real subject knocks the wind out of somebody or other.

There is something frightful in the way in which not only characteristic qualities, but particular...

There is something frightful in the way in which not only characteristic qualities, but particular...

But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.

But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.

The woman cries before the wedding; the man afterward.

The woman cries before the wedding; the man afterward.

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 person is always startled when he hears himself called old for the first time.

A person is always startled when he hears himself called old for the first time.

Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness

Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness

The Amen of nature is always a flower.

The Amen of nature is always a flower.

Memories, imagination, old sentiments, and associations are more readily reached through the sense of smell...

Memories, imagination, old sentiments, and associations are more readily reached through the sense of smell...

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...

Rough work, iconoclasm, but the only way to get at truth.

Rough work, iconoclasm, but the only way to get at truth.

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 hearts.

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

Old time, in whose banks we deposit our notes, Is a miser who always wants...

Old time, in whose banks we deposit our notes, Is a miser who always wants...

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...

Remember, the greatest gift is not found in a store nor under a tree, but...

Remember, the greatest gift is not found in a store nor under a tree, but...

Absence makes the heart grow fonder, but it sure makes the rest of you lonely.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder, but it sure makes the rest of you lonely.