Quotes by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

A new untruth is better than an old truth. >>

Memories, imagination, old sentiments, and associations are more readi >>

Every calling is great when greatly pursued. >>

Quotations about Books - Reading

Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there >>

Books are the money of Literature, but only the counters of Science. >>

He that loves a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome co >>

The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones but in the echoes of our hearts.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell