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

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

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.

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...

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.

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.

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...

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.

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

Justice must be blind to the hardness or softness of a man's hands, as well...

Justice must be blind to the hardness or softness of a man's hands, as well...

Justice and goodwill will outlast passion

Justice and goodwill will outlast passion

Men would be great criminals did they need as many laws as they break

Men would be great criminals did they need as many laws as they break