Every event that a man would master must be mounted on the run, and no man ever caught the reins of a thought except as it galloped past him

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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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.

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...

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

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

When in doubt, do it.

When in doubt, do it.

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...

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it....

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it....

Age, like distance, lends a double charm.

Age, like distance, lends a double charm.

Several years before birth, advertise for a couple of parents belonging to long-lived families.

Several years before birth, advertise for a couple of parents belonging to long-lived families.

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...

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...

Man has will, but woman has her way.

Man has will, but woman has her way.

[I]t is revolting to have no better reason for a rule of law than that...

[I]t is revolting to have no better reason for a rule of law than that...

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

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

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...

Man's mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions.

Man's mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions.

Have the courage to act instead of react.

Have the courage to act instead of react.

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.

Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.

Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.

Ignorance never settle a question.

Ignorance never settle a question.

Is a life worth living, without no one to love and to be loved in...

Is a life worth living, without no one to love and to be loved in...

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.