Fresh air is good if you do not take too much of it; most of the achievements and pleasures of life are in bad air.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Topics: Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes

Memory is a net: one that finds it full of fish when he takes it...

Memory is a net: one that finds it full of fish when he takes it...

Love prefers twilight to daylight.

Love prefers twilight to daylight.

When in doubt, do it.

When in doubt, do it.

Old age is fifteen years older than I am.

Old age is fifteen years older than I am.

I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general...

I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general...

Beauty is the index of a larger fact than wisdom.

Beauty is the index of a larger fact than wisdom.

Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.

Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.

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...

It is far from easy to determine whether she (Nature) has proved to man a...

It is far from easy to determine whether she (Nature) has proved to man a...

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,...

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....

When in doubt, do it.

When in doubt, do it.

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...

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...

Greatness is not in where we stand, but in what direction we are moving. We...

Greatness is not in where we stand, but in what direction we are moving. We...

Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimension.

Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimension.

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

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

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

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

Love is a passion that can't be exact. It's hard to know exactly what it...

Love is a passion that can't be exact. It's hard to know exactly what it...

Love is to wish as wish is to dream as if you really believe it...

Love is to wish as wish is to dream as if you really believe it...

I do not think that what is called Love at first sight is so great...

I do not think that what is called Love at first sight is so great...