American - Writer | August 29, 1809 - October 7, 1894
Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness, of hatred, of jealousy, and, most easily of all, the gate of fear.
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The Amen of nature is always a flower.
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But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.
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To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.
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The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.
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I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it - but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.
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The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.
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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.
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Don't flatter yourselves that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. On the contrary, the nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.
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Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.
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Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend.
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