Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Memories, imagination, old sentiments, and associations are more readily reached through the sense of smell...

Memories, imagination, old sentiments, and associations are more readily reached through the sense of smell...

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...

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.

Old age is fifteen years older than I am.

Old age is fifteen years older than I am.

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

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

Age, like distance, lends a double charm.

Age, like distance, lends a double charm.

Beauty is the index of a larger fact than wisdom.

Beauty is the index of a larger fact than wisdom.

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

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

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...

Death tugs at my ear and says: Live, I am coming.

Death tugs at my ear and says: Live, I am coming.

The longing for certainty... is in every human mind. But certainty is generally illusion.

The longing for certainty... is in every human mind. But certainty is generally illusion.

It is very lonely sometimes, trying to play God.

It is very lonely sometimes, trying to play God.

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

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

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...

Every idea is an incitement... Eloquence may set fire to reason.

Every idea is an incitement... Eloquence may set fire to reason.

Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.

Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.

When in doubt, do it.

When in doubt, do it.

It is far from easy to determine whether she (Nature) has proved to man a...

It is far from easy to determine whether she (Nature) has proved to man a...

By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good...

By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good...

Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.

Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.