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Famous Quotes in History by Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1


This category is for famous quotes in history by Oliver Wendell Holmes.

Oliver Wendell Holmes was an American author, physician, and humorist. He was born on August 29th, 1809 and died on October 7th, 1894.

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Apology


Apology is only egotism wrong side out.


Authors


Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of the chips that were left.


Books


Every library should try to be complete on something, if it were only the history of pinheads.


Doctors


What I call a good patient is one who, having found a good physician, sticks to him till he dies.


Heredity


Heredity is an omnibus in which all our ancestors ride, and every now and then one of them puts his head out and embarrasses us.


Humility


Humility is the first of the virtues-for other people.


Life


Life is a fatal complaint, and an eminently contagious one.


Looks


I have always considered my face a convenience rather than an ornament.


Luxuries


Give us the luxuries of life and we will dispense with necessaries.


Man


Man has his will, but woman has her way.

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