Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

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

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

- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.

It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.

- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Don't you stay at home of evenings? Don't you love a cushioned seat in a corner, by the fireside, with your slippers on your feet?

Don't you stay at home of evenings? Don't you love a cushioned seat in a corner, by the fireside, with your slippers on your feet?

- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.

The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.

- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.

Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.

- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.

- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Love prefers twilight to daylight.

Love prefers twilight to daylight.

- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

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

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

- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Some people are so heavenly minded that they are no earthly good.

Some people are so heavenly minded that they are no earthly good.

- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

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