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

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

To be 70 years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be...

To be 70 years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be...

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.

Carve every word before you let it fall.

Carve every word before you let it fall.

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

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