Death tugs at my ear and says: Live, I am coming.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Topics: Death Quotes

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

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

Husband and wife come to look alike at last

Husband and wife come to look alike at last

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

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

Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit...

Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit...

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

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

Consciously or unconsciously we all strive to make the kind of a world we like

Consciously or unconsciously we all strive to make the kind of a world we like

Every library should try to be complete on something, if it were only the history...

Every library should try to be complete on something, if it were only the history...

The longing for certainty... is in every human mind. But certainty is generally illusion.

The longing for certainty... is in every human mind. But certainty is generally illusion.

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,...

The books we read should be chosen with great care, that they may be, as...

The books we read should be chosen with great care, that they may be, as...

The bigot is like the pupil of the eye, the more light you put upon...

The bigot is like the pupil of the eye, the more light you put upon...

Knowledge like timber shouldn't be mush use till they are seasoned.

Knowledge like timber shouldn't be mush use till they are seasoned.

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...

For him in vain the envious seasons roll, Who bears eternal summer in his soul.

For him in vain the envious seasons roll, Who bears eternal summer in his soul.

One's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.

One's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.

Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government.

Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government.

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.

Writing or printing is like shooting with a rifle; you may hit your reader's mind,...

Writing or printing is like shooting with a rifle; you may hit your reader's mind,...

To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. No great and enduring...

To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. No great and enduring...

What a lot we lost when we stopped writing letters. You can't reread a phone...

What a lot we lost when we stopped writing letters. You can't reread a phone...