Rough work, iconoclasm, but the only way to get at truth.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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[I]t is revolting to have no better reason for a rule of law than that...

[I]t is revolting to have no better reason for a rule of law than that...

For him in vain the envious seasons roll, Who bears eternal summer in his soul.

For him in vain the envious seasons roll, Who bears eternal summer in his soul.

To be civilized is to be potentially master of all possible ideas, and that means...

To be civilized is to be potentially master of all possible ideas, and that means...

It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom...

It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom...

Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our...

Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our...

Love is the master key opens the gates of happiness.

Love is the master key opens the gates of happiness.

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 Amen of nature is always a flower.

The Amen of nature is always a flower.

Simple people... are very quick to see the live facts which are going on about...

Simple people... are very quick to see the live facts which are going on about...

To brag little - to show well - to crow gently, if in luck -...

To brag little - to show well - to crow gently, if in luck -...

Don't you stay at home of evenings? Don you love a cushioned seat in a...

Don't you stay at home of evenings? Don you love a cushioned seat in a...

How many people live on the reputation of the reputation they might have made!

How many people live on the reputation of the reputation they might have made!

I would not give a fig for the simplicity this side of complexity, but I...

I would not give a fig for the simplicity this side of complexity, but I...

The man flaps about with a bunch of feathers: the woman goes to work softly...

The man flaps about with a bunch of feathers: the woman goes to work softly...

I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general...

I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general...

Controversy equalizes fools and wise men - and the fools know it.

Controversy equalizes fools and wise men - and the fools know it.

The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms. Very often it does...

The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms. Very often it does...

The greatest act of faith is when a man understands he is not God.

The greatest act of faith is when a man understands he is not God.

You can't put a question mark where God puts a period.

You can't put a question mark where God puts a period.

I find your lack of faith disturbing.

I find your lack of faith disturbing.

Look, I don't know whether God exists. I don't know that. And I tell you...

Look, I don't know whether God exists. I don't know that. And I tell you...

To err is human, but is feels divine.

To err is human, but is feels divine.