It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Topics: Knowledge Quotes, Listening Quotes, Speech Quotes, Wisdom Quotes

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...

Husband and wife come to look alike at last

Husband and wife come to look alike at last

A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its...

A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its...

The bigot is like the pupil of the eye, the more light you put upon...

The bigot is like the pupil of the eye, the more light you put upon...

For him in vain the envious seasons roll, Who bears eternal summer in his soul.

For him in vain the envious seasons roll, Who bears eternal summer in his soul.

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.

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.

Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.

Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.

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.

Happiness consists in activity. It is running steam, not a stagnant pool.

Happiness consists in activity. It is running steam, not a stagnant pool.

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...

The man flaps about with a bunch of feathers: the woman goes to work softly...

The man flaps about with a bunch of feathers: the woman goes to work softly...

Love prefers twilight to daylight

Love prefers twilight to daylight

Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.

Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.

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

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;...

The woman cries before the wedding; the man afterward.

The woman cries before the wedding; the man afterward.

Our brains are seventy-year clocks. The Angel of Life winds them up once for all,...

Our brains are seventy-year clocks. The Angel of Life winds them up once for all,...

The clock talked loud. I threw it away, it scared me what it talked.

The clock talked loud. I threw it away, it scared me what it talked.

A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o clock,...

A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o clock,...

The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest...

The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest...