266 Quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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.

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

The mind of a bigot to the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the more it contracts.

Don't be 'consistent,' but be simply true.

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?

Whatever comes from the brain carries the hue of the place it came from, and whatever comes from the heart carries the heat and color of its birthplace.

Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.

Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.

You may have genius. The contrary is, of course, probable.