Beware how you take away hope from any human being.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

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Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

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...

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 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.

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.

It seems to me that at this time we need education in the obvious more...

It seems to me that at this time we need education in the obvious more...

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...

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...

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...

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 only prize much cared for by the powerful is power.

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.