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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

The great act of faith is when a man decides he is not God.

The great act of faith is when a man decides he is not God.

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.

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

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

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.

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.