We call those poets who are first to mark, Through earth's dull mist the coming of the dawn, Who see in twilight's gloom the first pale spark, While others only note that day is gone.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.Read
Don't you stay at home of evenings? Don't you love a cushioned seat in a corner, by the fireside, with your slippers on your feet?
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes the joy and comfort of home life and simple pleasures.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. reflects on the idea that there is great value in the comfort and coziness of home, suggesting that many people find happiness in the small, simple acts of living, such as relaxing by the fireside. This quote encourages one to appreciate the warmth and solace that a safe home environment can provide, contrasting the hustle and bustle of the outside world.
Themes
HomeComfortHappinessCozinessRelaxation
In practice
Example use cases
This quote would be perfect to share during a family gathering to remind everyone of the comforts of home.
More from Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
All quotes βEvery real thought on every real subject knocks the wind out of somebody or other.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.Read
The very aim and end of our institutions is just this: that we may think what we like and say what we think.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.Read
Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.Read
Take your needle, my child, and work at your pattern; it will come out a rose by and by. Life is like that - one stitch at a time taken patiently and the pattern will come out all right like the embroidery.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.Read
Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one, he is a pedant.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.Read
Similar quotes
True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing.
Seneca The ElderRead
My heart forgives and releases. Inner peace is my goal.
Louise HayRead
Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.
Henri NouwenRead
Handfuls of frosty water can make almost anyone smile, but it cannot make them forget.
Markus ZusakRead
Find your happiness in yourself.
Albert CamusRead
To have a cricket on the hearth is the luckiest thing in all the world!
Charles DickensRead