How many people live on the reputation of the reputation they might have made!

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Age, like distance, lends a double charm.

Age, like distance, lends a double charm.

The mind, once expanded to the dimensions of larger ideas, never returns to its original...

The mind, once expanded to the dimensions of larger ideas, never returns to its original...

If a hug represented how much I loved you, I would hold you in my...

If a hug represented how much I loved you, I would hold you in my...

Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them.

Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them.

Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays, the pleasing game of interchanging praise.

Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays, the pleasing game of interchanging praise.

Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each...

Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each...

Apology is only egotism wrong side out.

Apology is only egotism wrong side out.

Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked.

Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked.

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.

The great end of living is to harmonize man with the order of things

The great end of living is to harmonize man with the order of things

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...

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...

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

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

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;...

It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.

It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.

Grow we must, if we outgrow all that loves us.

Grow we must, if we outgrow all that loves us.

Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future

Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future

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...

Beware how you take away hope from another human being.

Beware how you take away hope from another human being.

I don't generally feel anything until noon, then it's time for my nap.

I don't generally feel anything until noon, then it's time for my nap.