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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Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.

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...

Most of the things we do, we do for no better reason than that our...

Most of the things we do, we do for no better reason than that our...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Carve every word before you let it fall.

Carve every word before you let it fall.

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

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

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

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

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...

To be seventy years young is sometimes for more cheerful and hopeful than to be...

To be seventy years young is sometimes for more cheerful and hopeful than to be...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

Education is only a ladder to gather fruit from the tree of knowledge, not the...

Education is only a ladder to gather fruit from the tree of knowledge, not the...

It is only the ignorant who despise education.

It is only the ignorant who despise education.

Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers...

Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers...