There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no greeting like his welcome, no homage like his praise.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

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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.

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...

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 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...

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

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

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...

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 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...

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.

Carve every word before you let it fall.

Carve every word before you let it fall.

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

To be seventy years young is sometimes for more cheerful and hopeful than to be...

To be seventy years young is sometimes for more cheerful and hopeful than to be...

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.