Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Quote

The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones but in the echoes of our hearts.


A Dictionary of Thoughts (1908)


The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones but in ...

The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones but in ...

The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones but in ...

The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones but in ...