Oliver Wendell Holmes

Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#because #before #die #getting #know

Fresh air is good if you do not take too much of it; most of the achievements and pleasures of life are in bad air. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#air #bad #fresh #fresh air #good

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. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#all day #break #bubble #day #evening

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

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#grow #old #playing #quit

The mind, once expanded to the dimensions of larger ideas, never returns to its original size. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#expanded #ideas #larger #mind #never

Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#insanity #logic #mind #often

Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#any #conscious #each #face #friend

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#exceptions #knows #man #old #old man

Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#doing #life #painting #picture #sum

Beware how you take away hope from another human being. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#another #away #being #beware #how