On the whole, I am on the side of the unregenerate who affirms the worth of life as an end in itself, as against the saints who deny it.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

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Beware how you take away hope from any human being.

Beware how you take away hope from any human being.

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...

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...

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.

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

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...