Man's mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Stupidity often saves a man from going mad.

Stupidity often saves a man from going mad.

Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our...

Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our...

The Amen of nature is always a flower.

The Amen of nature is always a flower.

Every idea is an incitement... Eloquence may set fire to reason.

Every idea is an incitement... Eloquence may set fire to reason.

A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were...

A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were...

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.

Man has will, but woman has her way.

Man has will, but woman has her way.

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

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

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;...

Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It...

Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It...

Greatness is not in where we stand, but in what direction we are moving. We...

Greatness is not in where we stand, but in what direction we are moving. We...

Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked.

Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked.

Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often...

Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often...

[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...

There are a good many real miseries in life that we cannot help smiling at,...

There are a good many real miseries in life that we cannot help smiling at,...

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.

Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.

Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.

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...

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...