Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays, the pleasing game of interchanging praise.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Topics: Praise Quotes

Man's mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions.

Man's mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions.

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...

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...

The very aim and end of our institutions is just this: that we may think...

The very aim and end of our institutions is just this: that we may think...

Consciously or unconsciously we all strive to make the kind of a world we like

Consciously or unconsciously we all strive to make the kind of a world we like

Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked.

Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked.

The greatest act of faith is when a man understands he is not God.

The greatest act of faith is when a man understands he is not God.

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 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.

Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtaxed.

Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtaxed.

Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one,...

Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one,...

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...

Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of...

Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of...

Have the courage to act instead of react.

Have the courage to act instead of react.

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...

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

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

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...

It is very lonely sometimes, trying to play God.

It is very lonely sometimes, trying to play God.

Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.

Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.

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...