Old books, you know well, are books of the world's youth, and new books are the fruits of its age.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which...

Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which...

One's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.

One's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.

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

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

Love prefers twilight to daylight.

Love prefers twilight to daylight.

Have the courage to act instead of react.

Have the courage to act instead of react.

I don't generally feel anything until noon, then it's time for my nap.

I don't generally feel anything until noon, then it's time for my nap.

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...

Why can't somebody give us a list of things that everybody thinks and nobody says,...

Why can't somebody give us a list of things that everybody thinks and nobody says,...

The advice of their elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal...

The advice of their elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal...

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

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

If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than...

If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than...

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...

The Amen of nature is always a flower.

The Amen of nature is always a flower.

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it....

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it....

Every library should try to be complete on something, if it were only the history...

Every library should try to be complete on something, if it were only the history...

I would not give a fig for the simplicity this side of complexity, but I...

I would not give a fig for the simplicity this side of complexity, but I...

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.

A good and true woman is said to resemble a Cremona fiddle: age but increases...

A good and true woman is said to resemble a Cremona fiddle: age but increases...

Beauty and ugliness disappear equally under the wrinkles of age; one is lost in them...

Beauty and ugliness disappear equally under the wrinkles of age; one is lost in them...

Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.