The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Topics: Kissing Quotes, Love Quotes

The mind, once expanded to the dimensions of larger ideas, never returns to its original...

The mind, once expanded to the dimensions of larger ideas, never returns to its original...

One's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.

One's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

Beauty is the index of a larger fact than wisdom.

Beauty is the index of a larger fact than wisdom.

A person is always startled when he hears himself called old for the first time.

A person is always startled when he hears himself called old for the first time.

Love is the master key opens the gates of happiness.

Love is the master key opens the gates of happiness.

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...

Don't be consistent but be simple true.

Don't be consistent but be simple true.

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...

The Amen of nature is always a flower.

The Amen of nature is always a flower.

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...

Writing or printing is like shooting with a rifle; you may hit your reader's mind,...

Writing or printing is like shooting with a rifle; you may hit your reader's mind,...

If truth were not often suggested by error, if old implements could not be adjusted...

If truth were not often suggested by error, if old implements could not be adjusted...

The books we read should be chosen with great care, that they may be, as...

The books we read should be chosen with great care, that they may be, as...

Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit...

Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit...

I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing... and he...

I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing... and he...

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

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

Rough work, iconoclasm, but the only way to get at truth.

Rough work, iconoclasm, but the only way to get at truth.

When in doubt, do it.

When in doubt, do it.

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

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