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

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

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There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no...

There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no...

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

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

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.

Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you...

Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you...

There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no...

There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no...

Life is an end in itself, and the only question as to whether it is...

Life is an end in itself, and the only question as to whether it is...

I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing...

I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing...

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

I despise making the most of one's time. Half of the pleasures of life consist...

I despise making the most of one's time. Half of the pleasures of life consist...

Beware how you take away hope from any human being.

Beware how you take away hope from any human being.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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 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...

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.

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...

To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.

To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.