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

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny 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 very aim and end of our institutions is just this: that we may think...

The very aim and end of our institutions is just this: that we may think...

Stupidity often saves a man from going mad.

Stupidity often saves a man from going mad.

For him in vain the envious seasons roll, Who bears eternal summer in his soul.

For him in vain the envious seasons roll, Who bears eternal summer in his soul.

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.

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...

When in doubt, do it.

When in doubt, do it.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.

Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.

Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The...

Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The...

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...

Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our...

Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our...

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...

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...

Beware how you take away hope from another human being.

Beware how you take away hope from another human being.

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

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