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

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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...

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's better to burn out, then to fade away.

It's better to burn out, then to fade away.

Music is the best means we have of digesting time.

Music is the best means we have of digesting time.

O Music! Miraculous art! A blast of thy trumpet and millions rush forward to die;...

O Music! Miraculous art! A blast of thy trumpet and millions rush forward to die;...