I think that, as life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of his time at peril of being judged not to have lived

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Topics: Passion Quotes

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...

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

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

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...

Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked.

Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked.

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...

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...

Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of...

Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of...

Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit...

Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit...

When in doubt, do it.

When in doubt, do it.

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,...

Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding.

Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding.

Old books, you know well, are books of the world's youth, and new books are...

Old books, you know well, are books of the world's youth, and new books are...

The advice of the elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal...

The advice of the elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal...

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

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

Beauty is only skin deep... but dont tell an ugly person that

Beauty is only skin deep... but dont tell an ugly person that

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...

Love prefers twilight to daylight.

Love prefers twilight to daylight.

Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.

Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.

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

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

Memories, imagination, old sentiments, and associations are more readily reached through the sense of smell...

Memories, imagination, old sentiments, and associations are more readily reached through the sense of smell...