I despise making the most of one's time. Half of the pleasures of life consist of the opportunities one has neglected.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

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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 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...

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...

The rule of joy and the law of duty seem to me all one.

The rule of joy and the law of duty seem to me all one.

Beware how you take away hope from any human being.

Beware how you take away hope from any human being.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

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.

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.

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 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...

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...

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...

Carve every word before you let it fall.

Carve every word before you let it fall.

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.