There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no greeting like his welcome, no homage like his praise.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

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Any two philosophers can tell each other all they know in two hours.

Any two philosophers can tell each other all they know in two hours.

We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we...

We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we...

Don't be 'consistent,' but be simply true.

Don't be 'consistent,' but be simply true.

Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that...

Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that...

A man is usually more careful of his money than of his principles.

A man is usually more careful of his money than of his principles.

Carve every word before you let it fall.

Carve every word before you let it fall.

A new and valid idea is worth more than a regiment and fewer men can...

A new and valid idea is worth more than a regiment and fewer men can...

People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail.

People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail.

Life is action and passion; therefore, it is required of a man that he should...

Life is action and passion; therefore, it is required of a man that he should...

Every event that a man would master must be mounted on the run, and no...

Every event that a man would master must be mounted on the run, and no...

It seems to me that at this time we need education in the obvious more...

It seems to me that at this time we need education in the obvious more...

Young man, the secret of my success is that an early age I discovered that...

Young man, the secret of my success is that an early age I discovered that...

A new and valid idea is worth more than a regiment and fewer men can...

A new and valid idea is worth more than a regiment and fewer men can...

You commit a sin of omission if you do not utilize all the power that...

You commit a sin of omission if you do not utilize all the power that...

This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.

This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.

Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at the touch, nay, you...

Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at the touch, nay, you...

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a...

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a...

You make me chuckle when you say that you are no longer young, that you...

You make me chuckle when you say that you are no longer young, that you...

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.

To be 70 years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be...

To be 70 years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be...