The advice of the elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as a list of the hundred best books.

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...

Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked.

Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked.

I don't generally feel anything until noon, then it's time for my nap.

I don't generally feel anything until noon, then it's time for my nap.

Apology is only egotism wrong side out.

Apology is only egotism wrong side out.

The woman cries before the wedding; the man afterward.

The woman cries before the wedding; the man afterward.

The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms. Very often it does...

The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms. Very often it does...

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...

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.

When in doubt, do it.

When in doubt, do it.

The man flaps about with a bunch of feathers: the woman goes to work softly...

The man flaps about with a bunch of feathers: the woman goes to work softly...

Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.

Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it....

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it....

Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The...

Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The...

Stupidity often saves a man from going mad.

Stupidity often saves a man from going mad.

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 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...

The advice of their elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal...

The advice of their elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal...

A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were...

A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were...

Simple people... are very quick to see the live facts which are going on about...

Simple people... are very quick to see the live facts which are going on about...

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

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