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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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...

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...

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...

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.

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 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...

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

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...

Carve every word before you let it fall.

Carve every word before you let it fall.

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...

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 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.

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

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

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...

The education and empowerment of women throughout the world cannot fail to result in a...

The education and empowerment of women throughout the world cannot fail to result in a...

Parents should conduct their arguments in quiet, respectful tones, but in a foreign language. You'd...

Parents should conduct their arguments in quiet, respectful tones, but in a foreign language. You'd...