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

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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

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

Our dead brothers still live for us and bid us think of life, not death...

Our dead brothers still live for us and bid us think of life, not death...

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;...

I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general...

I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general...

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...

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.

Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.

Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.

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

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

Some people are so heavenly minded that they are no earthly good.

Some people are so heavenly minded that they are no earthly good.

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...

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...

Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.

Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.

Beauty is the index of a larger fact than wisdom.

Beauty is the index of a larger fact than wisdom.

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...

Love prefers twilight to daylight

Love prefers twilight to daylight

Every event that a man would master must be mounted on the run, and no...

Every event that a man would master must be mounted on the run, and no...

The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.

The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.

Every real thought on every real subject knocks the wind out of somebody or other.

Every real thought on every real subject knocks the wind out of somebody or other.

Have the courage to act instead of react.

Have the courage to act instead of react.