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

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

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

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

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

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...

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

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

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.

Carve every word before you let it fall.

Carve every word before you let it fall.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.

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...

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...

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.

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.