The rule of joy and the law of duty seem to me all one.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

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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...

Beware how you take away hope from any human being.

Beware how you take away hope from any human being.

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...

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.

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...

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 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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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.

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 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.

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...

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.

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.

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...