Famous Quotes

Quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes

• The advice of the elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as a list of the hundred best books.
• The Amen of nature is always a flower.
• The great act of faith is when a man decides he is not God.
• The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.
• The greatest act of faith is when a man understands he is not God.
• The main part of intellectual education is not the acquisition of facts but learning how to make facts live.
• The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power.
• The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men - from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms.
• The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.
• The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.
• There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no greeting like his welcome, no homage like his praise.
• Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening.
• Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at the touch, nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening.
• Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.