The Amen of nature is always a flower.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Old age is fifteen years older than I am.

Old age is fifteen years older than I am.

There are a good many real miseries in life that we cannot help smiling at,...

There are a good many real miseries in life that we cannot help smiling at,...

When in doubt, do it.

When in doubt, do it.

My fee, if I select the subject, is $150; if your committee selects the subject,...

My fee, if I select the subject, is $150; if your committee selects the subject,...

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...

Love is the master key opens the gates of happiness.

Love is the master key opens the gates of happiness.

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

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

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

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

Have the courage to act instead of react.

Have the courage to act instead of react.

Happiness consists in activity. It is running steam, not a stagnant pool.

Happiness consists in activity. It is running steam, not a stagnant pool.

Pretty much all the honest truth telling there is in the world is done by...

Pretty much all the honest truth telling there is in the world is done by...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

The bigot is like the pupil of the eye, the more light you put upon...

The bigot is like the pupil of the eye, the more light you put upon...

Nature has but one judgment on wrong conduct - if you can call that a...

Nature has but one judgment on wrong conduct - if you can call that a...

When in doubt, do it.

When in doubt, do it.

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

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

Every real thought on every real subject knocks the wind out of somebody or other.

Every real thought on every real subject knocks the wind out of somebody or other.