Oliver Wendell Holmes

A woman never forgets her sex. She would rather talk with a man than an angel, any day. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#any #day #forgets #her #man

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

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#cincinnati #comfort #maker #rough #sounds

Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one, he is a pedant. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#common #common sense #out #pedant #sense

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

#cushioned #evenings #feet #home #love

Every library should try to be complete on something, if it were only the history of pinheads. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#every #history #library #only #should

Every real thought on every real subject knocks the wind out of somebody or other. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#knocks #other #out #real #somebody

Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#comes #else #fame #something #thinking

Grow we must, if we outgrow all that loves us. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#loves #must #outgrow #us

He has half the deed done who has made a beginning. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#deed #done #half #made #who

I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general propositions - adding that no general proposition is worth a damn. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#adding #always #chief #damn #end