Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that were not so.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

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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...

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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...

Carve every word before you let it fall.

Carve every word before you let it fall.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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.