Quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

A child's education should begin at least one hundred years before he is born.

#Education

It seems to me that at this time we need education in the obvious more...

#Education

There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no...

#Friendship

The great act of faith is when a man decides he is not God.

#God

This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.

#Law And Lawyers

Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you...

#Music

I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing...

#Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

I despise making the most of one's time. Half of the pleasures of life consist...

#Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

Every event that a man would master must be mounted on the run, and no...

#Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

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

#Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that...

#Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

Carve every word before you let it fall.

#Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr