The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are moving.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

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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...

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

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.

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.

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...

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 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 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 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.

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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 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.

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.

People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail.

People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail.

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

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