Pretty much all the honest truth telling there is in the world is done by children.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Topics: Children Quotes, Funny Quotes

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...

To be civilized is to be potentially master of all possible ideas, and that means...

To be civilized is to be potentially master of all possible ideas, and that means...

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...

A person is always startled when he hears himself called old for the first time.

A person is always startled when he hears himself called old for the first time.

The Amen of nature is always a flower.

The Amen of nature is always a flower.

How many people live on the reputation of the reputation they might have made!

How many people live on the reputation of the reputation they might have made!

Man has will, but woman has her way.

Man has will, but woman has her way.

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.

Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit...

Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit...

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...

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...

A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were...

A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were...

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....

Stupidity often saves a man from going mad.

Stupidity often saves a man from going mad.

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...

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...

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...

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;...

There are two reasons why people don't talk about something; Either it doesn't mean anything...

There are two reasons why people don't talk about something; Either it doesn't mean anything...

Never take someone's feelings for granted because you never know how much courage that they...

Never take someone's feelings for granted because you never know how much courage that they...

That moment when you say something and everyone laughs, so you just sit there like...

That moment when you say something and everyone laughs, so you just sit there like...

I cry a lot. My emotions are very close to my surface. I don't want...

I cry a lot. My emotions are very close to my surface. I don't want...