Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Quote

Men are idolaters, and want something to look at and kiss and hug, or throw themselves down before; they always did, they always will; and if you don't make it of wood, you must make it of words…


The Poet at the Breakfast Table (1872)


Men are idolaters, and want something to look at and kiss and hug, or throw themselves down before; they always did, they always will; and if you...

Men are idolaters, and want something to look at and kiss and hug, or throw themselves down before; they always did, they always will; and if you...

Men are idolaters, and want something to look at and kiss and hug, or throw themselves down before; they always did, they always will; and if you...

Men are idolaters, and want something to look at and kiss and hug, or throw themselves down before; they always did, they always will; and if you...