This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

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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 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...

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...

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

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

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 only prize much cared for by the powerful is power.

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

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...

We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we...

We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we...

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.