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

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...

Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government.

Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government.

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...

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;...

Man has will, but woman has her way.

Man has will, but woman has her way.

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...

To brag little - to show well - to crow gently, if in luck -...

To brag little - to show well - to crow gently, if in luck -...

Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse. One comfort we have - Cincinnati sounds...

Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse. One comfort we have - Cincinnati sounds...

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

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

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...

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.

Love is the master key opens the gates of happiness.

Love is the master key opens the gates of happiness.

Beauty is the index of a larger fact than wisdom.

Beauty is the index of a larger fact than wisdom.

Several years before birth, advertise for a couple of parents belonging to long-lived families.

Several years before birth, advertise for a couple of parents belonging to long-lived families.

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

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

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...

Nature has but one judgment on wrong conduct - if you can call that a...

Nature has but one judgment on wrong conduct - if you can call that a...

To be civilized is to be potentially master of all possible ideas, and that means...

To be civilized is to be potentially master of all possible ideas, and that means...

The Amen of nature is always a flower.

The Amen of nature is always a flower.

Fresh air is good if you do not take too much of it; most of...

Fresh air is good if you do not take too much of it; most of...