Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.1809–1894The quotations of
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
American poet and physician
1809–1894
50 quotes, most often on Thinking, Talking and Truth & Lies.
Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.
It is the province of knowledge to speak and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
Often credited to Oliver Wendell Holmes- “To an Insect”, Poems (1836)
- The Professor at the Breakfast Table (1859), Ch. 6
And silence, like a poultice, comes
To heal the blows of sound.“To an Insect”, Poems (1836)- The Poet at the Breakfast Table (1872), Ch. 1
