More From Oliver Wendell Holmes
- "The greatest act of faith is when a man understands he is not God."
- "It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen."
- "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 time in which it is used."
More In Great
- "It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal."― Helen Keller
- "I have a great house."― Shia LaBeouf
- "The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes."― Thomas Hardy