Every calling is great when greatly pursued.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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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,...

Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.

Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.

Some people are so heavenly minded that they are no earthly good.

Some people are so heavenly minded that they are no earthly good.

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...

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.

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...

To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.

To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.

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

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

Nature has but one judgment on wrong conduct - if you can call that a...

Nature has but one judgment on wrong conduct - if you can call that a...

Life is a great bundle of little things.

Life is a great bundle of little things.

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

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

I think that, as life is action and passion, it is required of a man...

I think that, as life is action and passion, it is required of a man...

Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness

Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness

The woman cries before the wedding; the man afterward.

The woman cries before the wedding; the man afterward.

When in doubt, do it.

When in doubt, do it.

Pretty much all the honest truth telling there is in the world is done by...

Pretty much all the honest truth telling there is in the world is done by...

Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It...

Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It...

Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtaxed.

Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtaxed.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.

We humans do, when the cause is sufficient, spend our lives. We throw ourselves onto...

We humans do, when the cause is sufficient, spend our lives. We throw ourselves onto...