Most people are willing to take the Sermon on the Mount as a flag to sail under, but few will use it as a rudder by which to steer.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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

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

I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing... and he...

I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing... and he...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Apology is only egotism wrong side out.

Apology is only egotism wrong side out.

Society is always trying in some way to grind us down to a single flat...

Society is always trying in some way to grind us down to a single flat...

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,...

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.

He has half the deed done who has made a beginning.

He has half the deed done who has made a beginning.

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...

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...

Old time, in whose banks we deposit our notes, Is a miser who always wants...

Old time, in whose banks we deposit our notes, Is a miser who always wants...

Old age is fifteen years older than I am.

Old age is fifteen years older than I am.

There is something frightful in the way in which not only characteristic qualities, but particular...

There is something frightful in the way in which not only characteristic qualities, but particular...

Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.

Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.

It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance and I know of no...

It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance and I know of no...

In art the best is good enough.

In art the best is good enough.