Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes

Young men know the rules, but old men know the exceptions. - Oliver Wendell Holmes

Young man, the secret of my success is that an early age I discovered that I was not God. - Oliver Wendell Holmes

You make me chuckle when you say that you are no longer young, that you have turned twenty-four. A man is or may be young to after sixty, and not old before eighty. - Oliver Wendell Holmes

You commit a sin of omission if you do not utilize all the power that is within you. All men have claims on man, and to the man with special talents, this is a very special claim. It is required that a man take part in the actions and clashes of his. - Oliver Wendell Holmes

Yes, child of suffering, thou mayst well be sure, He who ordained the Sabbath loves the poor! Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. - Oliver Wendell Holmes

Writing or printing is like shooting with a rifle; you may hit your reader's mind, or miss it - but talking is like playing at a mark with the pipe of an engine; if it is within reach, and you have time enough, you can't help hitting it. - Oliver Wendell Holmes

Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend. - Oliver Wendell Holmes

With effervescing opinions, the quickest way to let them get flat is to let them get exposed to the air. - Oliver Wendell Holmes

With crimson juice the thirsty southern day, Sucks from the hills where buried armies lie, So that the dreamy passion it imparts Is drawn from heroes' bones and lovers' hearts. - Oliver Wendell Holmes

Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future. - Oliver Wendell Holmes

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