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

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Topics: Women Quotes

A goose flies by a chart which the Royal Geographical Society could not mend.

A goose flies by a chart which the Royal Geographical Society could not mend.

There is something frightful in the way in which not only characteristic qualities, but particular...

There is something frightful in the way in which not only characteristic qualities, but particular...

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...

Don't you stay at home of evenings? Don you love a cushioned seat in a...

Don't you stay at home of evenings? Don you love a cushioned seat in a...

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

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

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,...

The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men -...

The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men -...

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

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

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...

Controversy equalizes fools and wise men - and the fools know it.

Controversy equalizes fools and wise men - and the fools know it.

[I]t is revolting to have no better reason for a rule of law than that...

[I]t is revolting to have no better reason for a rule of law than that...

Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end.

Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end.

A man may fulfil the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot...

A man may fulfil the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot...

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

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

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...

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...

To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be...

To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be...

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...

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...

The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great...

The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great...