I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing envy.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

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You make me chuckle when you say that you are no longer young, that you...

You make me chuckle when you say that you are no longer young, that you...

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...

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...

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.

Carve every word before you let it fall.

Carve every word before you let it fall.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Most of the things we do, we do for no better reason than that our...

Most of the things we do, we do for no better reason than that our...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

As life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should...

As life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should...

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.