Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than in the one where they sprung up.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them.

Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them.

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...

Memories, imagination, old sentiments, and associations are more readily reached through the sense of smell...

Memories, imagination, old sentiments, and associations are more readily reached through the sense of smell...

But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.

But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.

Apology is only egotism wrong side out.

Apology is only egotism wrong side out.

Grow we must, if we outgrow all that loves us.

Grow we must, if we outgrow all that loves us.

If a hug represented how much I loved you, I would hold you in my...

If a hug represented how much I loved you, I would hold you in my...

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

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

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 real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men -...

The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men -...

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.

Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust

Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust

The very aim and end of our institutions is just this: that we may think...

The very aim and end of our institutions is just this: that we may think...

The woman cries before the wedding; the man afterward.

The woman cries before the wedding; the man afterward.

Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding.

Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding.

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...

Controversy equalizes fools and wise men - and the fools know it.

Controversy equalizes fools and wise men - and the fools know it.

The man who is always worrying about whether or not his soul would be damned...

The man who is always worrying about whether or not his soul would be damned...

Have the courage to act instead of react.

Have the courage to act instead of react.

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...