All Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Quotes
To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government.
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It seems to me that at this time we need education in the obvious more than the investigation of the obscure.
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On the whole, I am on the side of the unregenerate who affirms the worth of life as an end in itself, as against the saints who deny it.
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I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing envy.
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Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.
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Man's mind, stretched by a new idea, never goes back to its original dimensions.
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Life is action and passion; therefore, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of the time, at peril of being judged not to have lived.
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Any two philosophers can tell each other all they know in two hours.
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I despise making the most of one's time. Half of the pleasures of life consist of the opportunities one has neglected.
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Life is an end in itself, and the only question as to whether it is worth living is whether you have had enough of it.
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People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail.
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The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more light you shine on it, the more it will contract.
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The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are moving.
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Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.
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