Over 40,000 Famous Quotes Sorted By Topic and Author

We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe.
Topic: Superstition
Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes
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.
Topic: Tact
Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes
The mode in which the inevitable comes to pass is through effort.
Topic: Trying
Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes
We must have a weak spot or two in our character before we can love it much.
Topic: Weakness
Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes
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.
Topic: Word
Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes
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