Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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There is something frightful in the way in which not only characteristic qualities, but particular...

There is something frightful in the way in which not only characteristic qualities, but particular...

Don't be consistent but be simple true.

Don't be consistent but be simple true.

Husband and wife come to look alike at last

Husband and wife come to look alike at last

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

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

Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end.

Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end.

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...

Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our...

Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our...

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

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

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.

Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our...

Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our...

The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great...

The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great...

Beware how you take away hope from another human being.

Beware how you take away hope from another human being.

I think that, as life is action and passion, it is required of a man...

I think that, as life is action and passion, it is required of a man...

Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see...

Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see...

A goose flies by a chart which the Royal Geographical Society could not mend.

A goose flies by a chart which the Royal Geographical Society could not mend.

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

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

Knowledge like timber shouldn't be mush use till they are seasoned.

Knowledge like timber shouldn't be mush use till they are seasoned.

I would not give a fig for the simplicity this side of complexity, but I...

I would not give a fig for the simplicity this side of complexity, but I...

From native simplicity we arrive at more profound simplicity.

From native simplicity we arrive at more profound simplicity.

We can travel a long way and do many things, but our deepest happiness is...

We can travel a long way and do many things, but our deepest happiness is...