Oliver Wendell Holmes was the name of two prominent men, father and son:
A few can touch the magic string, and noisy fame is proud to win them: Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them! Use this quote
The Amen of nature is always a flower. Use this quote
Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of the chips that were left. Use this quote
The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men - from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground floor. Use this quote
A goose flies by a chart which the Royal Geographical Society could not mend. Use this quote
I don't generally feel anything until noon, then it's time for my nap. Use this quote
The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions. Use this quote
It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen. Use this quote
