The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms. Very often it does not know what to do with genius.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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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...

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.

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...

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,...

I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general...

I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general...

Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than in the one where they...

Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than in the one where they...

Age, like distance, lends a double charm.

Age, like distance, lends a double charm.

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,...

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...

Simple people... are very quick to see the live facts which are going on about...

Simple people... are very quick to see the live facts which are going on about...

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 advice of their elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal...

The advice of their elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal...

Our dead brothers still live for us and bid us think of life, not death...

Our dead brothers still live for us and bid us think of life, not death...

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...

Love prefers twilight to daylight.

Love prefers twilight to daylight.

Beware how you take away hope from another human being.

Beware how you take away hope from another human being.

Greatness is not in where we stand, but in what direction we are moving. We...

Greatness is not in where we stand, but in what direction we are moving. We...

Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays, the pleasing game of interchanging praise.

Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays, the pleasing game of interchanging praise.

Praise is like sunlight to the human spirit: we cannot flower and grow without it.

Praise is like sunlight to the human spirit: we cannot flower and grow without it.

Wonder is involuntary praise

Wonder is involuntary praise