Tag: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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Every event that a man would master must be mounted on the run, and no man ever caught the reins of a thought except as it galloped past him.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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Apology is only egotism wrong side out.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than in the one where they sprang up.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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Memories, imagination, old sentiments, and associations are more readily reached through the sense of smell than through any other channel.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one, he is a pedant.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.