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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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...

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.

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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 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 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.

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...

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

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

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...

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

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