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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Carve every word before you let it fall.

Carve every word before you let it fall.

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

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

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...

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...

Beware how you take away hope from any human being.

Beware how you take away hope from any human being.

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

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

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.

On the whole, I am on the side of the unregenerate who affirms the worth...

On the whole, I am on the side of the unregenerate who affirms the worth...

The rule of joy and the law of duty seem to me all one.

The rule of joy and the law of duty seem to me all one.

Man's mind, stretched by a new idea, never goes back to its original dimensions.

Man's mind, stretched by a new idea, never goes back to its original dimensions.

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.

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 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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...