It seems to me that at this time we need education in the obvious more than the investigation of the obscure.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

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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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

Carve every word before you let it fall.

Carve every word before you let it fall.

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

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...

Be not the fourth friend of him who had three before and lost them.

Be not the fourth friend of him who had three before and lost them.

Friends, such as we desire, are dreams and fables.

Friends, such as we desire, are dreams and fables.

For there is no friend like a sister, in calm or stormy weather, to cheer...

For there is no friend like a sister, in calm or stormy weather, to cheer...