Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

Beware how you take away hope from any human being.

Beware how you take away hope from any human being.

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 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 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.

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...

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

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 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.

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.

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

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

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.