The Amen of nature is always a flower.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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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...

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...

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.

Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.

Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.

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 mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.

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

The woman cries before the wedding; the man afterward.

The woman cries before the wedding; the man afterward.

We do not quit playing because we grow old, we grow old because we quit...

We do not quit playing because we grow old, we grow old because we quit...

Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness

Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness

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

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

The man who is always worrying about whether or not his soul would be damned...

The man who is always worrying about whether or not his soul would be damned...

Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It...

Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It...

Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often...

Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often...

Beware how you take away hope from any human being

Beware how you take away hope from any human being

Age, like distance, lends a double charm.

Age, like distance, lends a double charm.

It is the province of knowledge to speak and it is the privilege of wisdom...

It is the province of knowledge to speak and it is the privilege of wisdom...

Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them.

Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them.

It is far from easy to determine whether she (Nature) has proved to man a...

It is far from easy to determine whether she (Nature) has proved to man a...

How sweet I roamed from field to field, and tasted all the summer's pride.

How sweet I roamed from field to field, and tasted all the summer's pride.

All nature is but art unknown to thee.

All nature is but art unknown to thee.