Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It was given to us to learn at the outset that life is a profound and passionate thing.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Topics: Life Quotes, Youth Quotes

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 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 -...

One flag, one land, one heart, one hand, One Nation evermore!

One flag, one land, one heart, one hand, One Nation evermore!

Life is a great bundle of little things.

Life is a great bundle of little things.

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...

To be civilized is to be potentially master of all possible ideas, and that means...

To be civilized is to be potentially master of all possible ideas, and that means...

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...

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...

How many people live on the reputation of the reputation they might have made!

How many people live on the reputation of the reputation they might have made!

Old age is fifteen years older than I am.

Old age is fifteen years older than I am.

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,...

To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.

To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.

Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light

Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light

A good and true woman is said to resemble a Cremona fiddle: age but increases...

A good and true woman is said to resemble a Cremona fiddle: age but increases...

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 great end of living is to harmonize man with the order of things

The great end of living is to harmonize man with the order of things

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.

Memory is a net: one that finds it full of fish when he takes it...

Memory is a net: one that finds it full of fish when he takes it...

Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.

Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.

I don't generally feel anything until noon, then it's time for my nap.

I don't generally feel anything until noon, then it's time for my nap.