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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Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has...

Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has...

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...

But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.

But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.

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

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

To brag little - to show well - to crow gently, if in luck -...

To brag little - to show well - to crow gently, if in luck -...

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....

Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtaxed.

Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtaxed.

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in...

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in...

He has half the deed done who has made a beginning.

He has half the deed done who has made a beginning.

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

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

Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each...

Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each...

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.

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

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

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...

Stupidity often saves a man from going mad.

Stupidity often saves a man from going mad.

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

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

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

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

Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each...

Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each...

Be not the fourth friend of him who had three before and lost them.

Be not the fourth friend of him who had three before and lost them.

Without friends no one would choose to live.

Without friends no one would choose to live.