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

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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And silence, like a poultice, comes to heal the blows of sound

And silence, like a poultice, comes to heal the blows of sound

Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than in the one where they...

Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than in the one where they...

A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot...

A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot...

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in...

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in...

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...

Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which...

Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which...

Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end.

Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end.

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 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...

Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them.

Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them.

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

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

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...

A new untruth is better than an old truth.

A new untruth is better than an old truth.

The very aim and end of our institutions is just this: that we may think...

The very aim and end of our institutions is just this: that we may think...

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...

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...

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

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

Those who insist on having hostilities with us, kill and destroy the option of friendship...

Those who insist on having hostilities with us, kill and destroy the option of friendship...

We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that...

We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that...

Time makes friendship stronger, but love weaker.

Time makes friendship stronger, but love weaker.