Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Quotes

American - Writer | August 29, 1809 - October 7, 1894

The man who is always worrying about whether or not his soul would be damned generally has a soul that isn't worth a damn.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

SoulManWorthDamnAlwaysWould

Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way - and the fools know it.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

MenWiseFoolsWise MenKnowWay

Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground-floor. But if a man hasn't got plenty of good common sense, the more science he has, the worse for his patient.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

GoodScienceManCommon SenseMore

A person is always startled when he hears himself seriously called an old man for the first time.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

TimeManOld ManPersonSeriously

Stupidity often saves a man from going mad.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

ManStupidityMadGoingSavesOften

We do not quit playing because we grow old, we grow old because we quit playing.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

GrowQuitOldPlayingBecause

Apology is only egotism wrong side out.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

WrongApologyOutSideOnlyEgotism

Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

GoodStillnessPersonSignalMarks

People who honestly mean to be true really contradict themselves much more rarely than those who try to be 'consistent'.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

PeopleBe TrueTrueTryMoreMean

Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse. One comfort we have - Cincinnati sounds worse.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

ComfortChicagoRoughWorseSounds

Rough work, iconoclasm, but the only way to get at truth.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

WorkTruthWayGetRoughOnly

Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays the pleasing game of interchanging praise.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

FriendshipSweetGamePraiseWhere

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