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

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

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

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

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 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...

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.

A child's education should begin at least one hundred years before he is born.

A child's education should begin at least one hundred years before he is born.

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...

A man is usually more careful of his money than of his principles.

A man is usually more careful of his money than of his principles.

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 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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

Carve every word before you let it fall.

Carve every word before you let it fall.

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...

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...

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a...

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a...

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...