Young man, the secret of my success is that an early age I discovered that I was not God.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

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Beware how you take away hope from any human being.

Beware how you take away hope from any human being.

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

Carve every word before you let it fall.

Carve every word before you let it fall.

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.

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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 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.

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...

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...

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 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.