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

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

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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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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.

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...

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 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.

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...

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

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

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.