216 ordspråk av Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes föddes den August 29th 1809 och dog den 7 October 1894
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 Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, / As the swift seasons roll! |
| But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold. |
| Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse. One comfort we have - Cincinnati sounds worse. |
| Civilization is the process of reducing the infinite to the finite |
| Consciously or unconsciously we all strive to make the kind of a world we like. |
| Controversy equalizes fools and wise men - and the fools know it |
| Day has put on his jacket, and around / His burning bosom buttoned it with stars. |
| Death tugs at my ear and says: "Live, I am coming"; |
| Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one, he is a pedant |
| Don't be "consistent" but be simple true. |
| Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become. |
| Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become. |
| Don't you know my tears will burn the pillow, set this place on fire cause I'm tired of your lies. All I needed was a simple hello, but the traffic was so noisy that you could not hear me cry. I gave you my life in vain, how was I to know you were aw |
| Don't you stay at home of evenings? Don you love a cushioned seat in a corner, by the fireside, with your slippers on your feet? |
| Easy crying widows take new husbands soonest; there's nothing like wet weather for transplanting |
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