The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

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

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

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...

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...

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.

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

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

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...

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 have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing...

I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing...

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...

Beware how you take away hope from any human being.

Beware how you take away hope from any human being.

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

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

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.

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 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 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...

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...

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.

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...

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...