Maxioms by Oliver Wendell Holmes
The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.
The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.
The right to swing my fist ends where the other man’s nose begins.
The right to swing my fist ends where the other man’s nose begins.
I think that, as life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the read more
I think that, as life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of his time at peril of being judged not to have lived.
There are a good many real miseries in life that we cannot help smiling at, but they are the smiles read more
There are a good many real miseries in life that we cannot help smiling at, but they are the smiles that make wrinkles and not dimples.
A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary read more
A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and the time in which it is used.
