Any two philosophers can tell each other all they know in two hours.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

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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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

Beware how you take away hope from any human being.

Beware how you take away hope from any human being.

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...

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

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

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

Carve every word before you let it fall.

Carve every word before you let it fall.

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...

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.

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.

Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world's grief. Do justly, now. Love...

Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world's grief. Do justly, now. Love...

I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice...

I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice...

Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake

Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise...

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise...