Carve every word before you let it fall.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

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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...

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

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

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.

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.

Beware how you take away hope from any human being.

Beware how you take away hope from any human being.

There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no...

There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no...

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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.

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...

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.

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

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

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

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.

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...

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

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