Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground floor.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Topics: Common Sense Quotes, Science Quotes

Beware how you take away hope from any human being

Beware how you take away hope from any human being

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

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

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

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

The books we read should be chosen with great care, that they may be, as...

The books we read should be chosen with great care, that they may be, as...

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

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

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

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

People who honestly mean to be true really contradict themselves much more rarely than those...

People who honestly mean to be true really contradict themselves much more rarely than those...

The great end of living is to harmonize man with the order of things

The great end of living is to harmonize man with the order of things

Greatness is not in where we stand, but in what direction we are moving. We...

Greatness is not in where we stand, but in what direction we are moving. We...

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...

Beauty is only skin deep... but dont tell an ugly person that

Beauty is only skin deep... but dont tell an ugly person that

When in doubt, do it.

When in doubt, do 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.

Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often...

Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often...

Man has will, but woman has her way.

Man has will, but woman has her way.

Several years before birth, advertise for a couple of parents belonging to long-lived families.

Several years before birth, advertise for a couple of parents belonging to long-lived families.

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

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

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...

History shows that there are no invincible armies.

History shows that there are no invincible armies.

One little person, giving all of her time to peace, makes news. Many people, giving...

One little person, giving all of her time to peace, makes news. Many people, giving...