Don't you stay at home of evenings? Don you love a cushioned seat in a corner, by the fireside, with your slippers on your feet?

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Beware how you take away hope from any human being

Beware how you take away hope from any human being

One flag, one land, one heart, one hand, One Nation evermore!

One flag, one land, one heart, one hand, One Nation evermore!

A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were...

A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were...

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...

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

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

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...

If I were dying my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown...

If I were dying my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown...

Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse. One comfort we have - Cincinnati sounds...

Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse. One comfort we have - Cincinnati sounds...

Have the courage to act instead of react.

Have the courage to act instead of react.

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...

There are a good many real miseries in life that we cannot help smiling at,...

There are a good many real miseries in life that we cannot help smiling at,...

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;...

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...

Society is always trying in some way to grind us down to a single flat...

Society is always trying in some way to grind us down to a single flat...

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

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

I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing... and he...

I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing... and he...

Every idea is an incitement... Eloquence may set fire to reason.

Every idea is an incitement... Eloquence may set fire to reason.

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...

I did not have implants, I just had a growth spurt.

I did not have implants, I just had a growth spurt.

We long for things that harm us and run from the things that grow and...

We long for things that harm us and run from the things that grow and...

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.

Each moment of our lives gives us many valuable and precious management lessons that may...

Each moment of our lives gives us many valuable and precious management lessons that may...

Does progress mean that we dissolve our ancient myths? If we forget our legends, I...

Does progress mean that we dissolve our ancient myths? If we forget our legends, I...