Man's mind, stretched by a new idea, never goes back to its original dimensions.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

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Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we...

We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we...

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...

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...

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...

A child's education should begin at least one hundred years before he is born.

A child's education should begin at least one hundred years before he is born.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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

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

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.

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.

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 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...

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...