Beware how you take away hope from any human being.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

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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...

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.