Quotes by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

The greatest tragedy in America is not the destruction of our natural >>

A child's education should begin at least one hundred years before he >>

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes a >>

Quotations about Words

Words are the small change of thought. >>

One forgets words as one forgets names. One's vocabulary needs constan >>

Our great men have written words of wisdom to be used when hardship mu >>

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and the time in which it is used.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell