Beware how you take away hope from any human being.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

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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...

Carve every word before you let it fall.

Carve every word before you let it fall.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

You commit a sin of omission if you do not utilize all the power that...

You commit a sin of omission if you do not utilize all the power that...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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 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...

The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power.

The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power.

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

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

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...