Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see no remedy but force.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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If I were dying my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown...

If I were dying my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown...

It is far from easy to determine whether she (Nature) has proved to man a...

It is far from easy to determine whether she (Nature) has proved to man a...

Don't be consistent but be simple true.

Don't be consistent but be simple true.

The great end of living is to harmonize man with the order of things

The great end of living is to harmonize man with the order of things

Apology is only egotism wrong side out.

Apology is only egotism wrong side out.

Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.

Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.

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.

Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end.

Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end.

Society is always trying in some way to grind us down to a single flat...

Society is always trying in some way to grind us down to a single flat...

Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each...

Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each...

I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing... and he...

I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing... and he...

Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.

Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.

[I]t is revolting to have no better reason for a rule of law than that...

[I]t is revolting to have no better reason for a rule of law than that...

Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our...

Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our...

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in...

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in...

Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays the pleasing game of interchanging praise.

Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays the pleasing game of interchanging praise.

Man has will, but woman has her way.

Man has will, but woman has her way.

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...

Falling ill is not something that happens to us, it is a choice we make...

Falling ill is not something that happens to us, it is a choice we make...

It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning.

It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning.