To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

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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...

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...

Carve every word before you let it fall.

Carve every word before you let it fall.

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...

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...

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 only prize much cared for by the powerful is power.

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

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...

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...

To be 70 years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be...

To be 70 years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be...

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...

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

Life is action and passion; therefore, it is required of a man that he should...

Life is action and passion; therefore, it is required of a man that he should...

People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail.

People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail.

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.

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

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

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.

Useless laws weaken necessary laws

Useless laws weaken necessary laws

Our homeland is the whole world. Our law is liberty. We have but one thought,...

Our homeland is the whole world. Our law is liberty. We have but one thought,...

The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well,...

The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well,...