Apology is only egotism wrong side out.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see...

Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see...

It is very lonely sometimes, trying to play God.

It is very lonely sometimes, trying to play God.

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...

To be civilized is to be potentially master of all possible ideas, and that means...

To be civilized is to be potentially master of all possible ideas, and that means...

The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.

The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.

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...

Our dead brothers still live for us and bid us think of life, not death...

Our dead brothers still live for us and bid us think of life, not death...

Happiness consists in activity. It is running steam, not a stagnant pool.

Happiness consists in activity. It is running steam, not a stagnant pool.

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...

The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great...

The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

I awoke with devout thanksgiving for my friends.

I awoke with devout thanksgiving for my friends.

He who has not the weakness of friendship has not the strength.

He who has not the weakness of friendship has not the strength.