Life is an end in itself, and the only question as to whether it is worth living is whether you have had enough of it.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

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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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

Beware how you take away hope from any human being.

Beware how you take away hope from any human being.

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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.

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.