Carve every word before you let it fall.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

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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.

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...

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we...

We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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 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...

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

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

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.