Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes

  • The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.Upload to Facebook
    The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.
    ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
  • A mind that is stretched by new experiences can never go back to its old dimensions.
    ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
  • A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.
    ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
  • We do not quit playing because we grow old, we grow old because we quit playing.
    ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
  • The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.Upload to Facebook
    The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.
    ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
  • The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.Upload to Facebook
    The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.
    ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
  • Beware of making your moral staple consist of the negative virtues.
    ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
  • It is the province of knowledge to speak and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
    ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
  • Knowledge and timber shouldn't be much used till they are seasoned.
    ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
  • Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than in the one where they sprang up.
    ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
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