Quotes by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

A great calamity is as old as the trilobites an hour after it has happ >>

Beauty is the index of a larger fact than wisdom. >>

The world has to learn that the actual pleasure derived from material >>

Quotations about Jokes and Jokers

I remain just one thing, and one thing only -- and that is a clown. It >>

If all else fails, the character of a man can be recognized by nothing >>

'Tis no extravagant arithmetic to say, that for every ten jokes, thou >>

A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun, and might, if the latter were of an aggravated character, return a verdict of justifiable homicide.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell