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

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

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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...

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.

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.

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

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

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.

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...

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.

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 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...

Beware how you take away hope from any human being.

Beware how you take away hope from any human being.

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...

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 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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Carve every word before you let it fall.

Carve every word before you let it fall.

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.