Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtaxed.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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A person is always startled when he hears himself called old for the first time.

A person is always startled when he hears himself called old for the first time.

When in doubt, do it.

When in doubt, do it.

Apology is only egotism wrong side out.

Apology is only egotism wrong side out.

He has half the deed done who has made a beginning.

He has half the deed done who has made a beginning.

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.

Every library should try to be complete on something, if it were only the history...

Every library should try to be complete on something, if it were only the history...

When in doubt, do it.

When in doubt, do it.

Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see...

Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see...

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...

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 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...

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

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

Most people are willing to take the Sermon on the Mount as a flag to...

Most people are willing to take the Sermon on the Mount as a flag to...

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...

A new untruth is better than an old truth.

A new untruth is better than an old truth.

Don't be consistent but be simple true.

Don't be consistent but be simple true.

[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...

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.

Love is a fabric which never fades, no matter how often it is washed in...

Love is a fabric which never fades, no matter how often it is washed in...

Love at first sight is one of the greatest labor-saving devices the world has ever...

Love at first sight is one of the greatest labor-saving devices the world has ever...