"A great calamity is as old as the trilobites an hour after it has happened"
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
About this Quote
The quote suggests that when a terrific catastrophe occurs, it seems like it has actually been going on for a very long time and has actually been occurring considering that ancient times, even if it just took place an hour back. The impact and intensity of such an occasion make it seem like it has belonged of history forever.
"To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization"
"Having soon discovered to be great, I must appear so, and therefore studiously avoided mixing in society, and wrapped myself in mystery, devoting my time to fasting and prayer"
