Our brains are seventy-year clocks. The Angel of Life winds them up once for all, then closes the case, and gives the key into the hand of the Angel of the Resurrection.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Topics: Clocks Quotes, Mind Quotes

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...

[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...

The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but...

The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but...

And silence, like a poultice, comes to heal the blows of sound

And silence, like a poultice, comes to heal the blows of sound

Have the courage to act instead of react.

Have the courage to act instead of react.

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;...

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...

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

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

Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future

Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future

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.

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.

To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.

The greatest tragedy in America is not the destruction of our natural resources, though that...

The greatest tragedy in America is not the destruction of our natural resources, though that...

A woman has a much better chance than a man of acquittal on a murder...

A woman has a much better chance than a man of acquittal on a murder...

Misogynist: A man who hates women as much as women hate one another.

Misogynist: A man who hates women as much as women hate one another.