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

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

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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.

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

Beware how you take away hope from any human being.

Beware how you take away hope from any human being.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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.

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...

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.

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...

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream...

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream...

Almost all new ideas have a certain aspect of foolishness when they are first produced

Almost all new ideas have a certain aspect of foolishness when they are first produced

The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out.

The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out.