Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both

Quote by John Andrew Holmes

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To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend...

To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend...

It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed...

It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed...

Every genuine boy is a rebel and an anarch. If he were allowed to develop...

Every genuine boy is a rebel and an anarch. If he were allowed to develop...

Yes, we love peace, but we are not willing to take wounds for it, as...

Yes, we love peace, but we are not willing to take wounds for it, as...

Every genuine boy is a rebel and an anarch. If he were allowed to develop...

Every genuine boy is a rebel and an anarch. If he were allowed to develop...

To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend...

To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend...

There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.

There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.

A ten-word epigram to be accurate needs a ten-page footnote, yet what it lacks in...

A ten-word epigram to be accurate needs a ten-page footnote, yet what it lacks in...

At middle age the soul should be opening up like a rose, not closing up...

At middle age the soul should be opening up like a rose, not closing up...

With Nature never do they wage A foolish strife; they see A happy youth, and...

With Nature never do they wage A foolish strife; they see A happy youth, and...

But an old age serene and bright, and lovely as a Lapland night, shall lead...

But an old age serene and bright, and lovely as a Lapland night, shall lead...

In an age in which the media broadcast countless pieces of foolishness, the educated man...

In an age in which the media broadcast countless pieces of foolishness, the educated man...

The multitude will hardly believe the excessive force of education, and in the difference of...

The multitude will hardly believe the excessive force of education, and in the difference of...

First you forget names, then you forget faces, then you forget to pull your zipper...

First you forget names, then you forget faces, then you forget to pull your zipper...

Children are a great comfort in your old age - and they help you reach...

Children are a great comfort in your old age - and they help you reach...

An inordinate passion for pleasure is the secret of remaining young

An inordinate passion for pleasure is the secret of remaining young

It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old...

It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old...

I have lived long enough. My way of life is to fall into the sere,...

I have lived long enough. My way of life is to fall into the sere,...

We live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can be...

We live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can be...

Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have...

Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have...

The torpid artist seeks inspiration at any cost, by virtue or by vice, by friend...

The torpid artist seeks inspiration at any cost, by virtue or by vice, by friend...