A child's education should begin at least one hundred years before he is born.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

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As life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should...

As life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should...

The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power.

The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power.

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...

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

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

The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more light...

The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more light...

The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins.

The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins.

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...

The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in...

The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in...

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...

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...

Carve every word before you let it fall.

Carve every word before you let it fall.

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.

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

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

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

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...

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...

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.

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 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...

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...