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

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

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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...

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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 only prize much cared for by the powerful is power.

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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...