Holmes, Oliver W. Sr.: A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions. (Oliver W. Holmes Sr.: U.S. poet, novelist, essayist, polymath, and physician, 1809-1894) Categories: EXPERIENCE, IDEAS, MIND, TRAVEL

Holmes, Oliver W. Sr.: A photograph is a mirror with a memory. (Oliver W. Holmes Sr.: U.S. poet, novelist, essayist, polymath, and physician, 1809-1894) Categories: PHOTOGRAPHS

Holmes, Oliver W. Sr.: Apology is only egotism wrong side out. (Oliver W. Holmes Sr.: U.S. poet, novelist, essayist, polymath, and physician, 1809-1894) Categories: APOLOGIES

Holmes, Oliver W. Sr.: Death tugs at my ear and says, "Live, I am coming." (Oliver W. Holmes Sr.: U.S. poet, novelist, essayist, polymath, and physician, 1809-1894) Categories: DEATH, READINESS

Holmes, Oliver W. Sr.: Imitation is a necessity of human nature. (Oliver W. Holmes Sr.: U.S. poet, novelist, essayist, polymath, and physician, 1809-1894) Categories: IMITATION

Holmes, Oliver W. Sr.: Love is the master key which opens the gates of happiness. (Oliver W. Holmes Sr.: U.S. poet, novelist, essayist, polymath, and physician, 1809-1894) Categories: HAPPINESS, LOVE

Holmes, Oliver W. Sr.: Man has his will—but woman has her way. (Oliver W. Holmes Sr.: U.S. poet, novelist, essayist, polymath, and physician, 1809-1894) Categories: GENDER

Holmes, Oliver W. Sr.: Speak clearly, if you speak at all; Carve every word before you let it fall. (Oliver W. Holmes Sr.: U.S. poet, novelist, essayist, polymath, and physician, 1809-1894) Categories: SPEECH, WORDS

Holmes, Oliver W. Sr.: The Amen of Nature is always a flower. (Oliver W. Holmes Sr.: U.S. poet, novelist, essayist, polymath, and physician, 1809-1894) Categories: FLOWERS, NATURE

Holmes, Oliver W. Sr.: The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour upon it, the more it will contract. (Oliver W. Holmes Sr.: U.S. poet, novelist, essayist, polymath, and physician, 1809-1894) Categories: PREJUDICE-BIGOTRY

Holmes, Oliver W. Sr.: The poetry of words is quite as beautiful as that of sentences. (Oliver W. Holmes Sr.: U.S. poet, novelist, essayist, polymath, and physician, 1809-1894) Categories: POETRY

Holmes, Oliver W. Sr.: The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men. (Oliver W. Holmes Sr.: U.S. poet, novelist, essayist, polymath, and physician, 1809-1894) Categories: SCHOLARS