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

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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A new untruth is better than an old truth.

A new untruth is better than an old truth.

Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The...

Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The...

A man's mind stretched by a new idea can never go back to its original...

A man's mind stretched by a new idea can never go back to its original...

I think that, as life is action and passion, it is required of a man...

I think that, as life is action and passion, it is required of a man...

[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...

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...

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...

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.

Man has will, but woman has her way.

Man has will, but woman has her way.

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.

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,...

Husband and wife come to look alike at last

Husband and wife come to look alike at last

My fee, if I select the subject, is $150; if your committee selects the subject,...

My fee, if I select the subject, is $150; if your committee selects the subject,...

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...

A man may fulfil the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot...

A man may fulfil the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot...

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...

People who honestly mean to be true really contradict themselves much more rarely than those...

People who honestly mean to be true really contradict themselves much more rarely than those...

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

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

The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.

The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.

Beauty is ever to the lonely mind a shadow fleeting; she is never plain. She...

Beauty is ever to the lonely mind a shadow fleeting; she is never plain. She...