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Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

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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...

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

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

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that...

Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that...

Beware how you take away hope from any human being.

Beware how you take away hope from any human being.

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

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 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.

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 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...

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...

Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them

Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them

We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are,...

We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are,...