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Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes

As life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of his time, at the peril of being not to have lived Picture Quote #1

I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing envy Picture Quote #1

It seems to me that at this time we need education in the obvious more than the investigation of the obscure Picture Quote #1

Young feller, you will never appreciate the potentialities of the English language until you have heard a Southern mule driver search the soul of a mule Picture Quote #1

The aim of the law is not to punish sins, but is to prevent certain external results Picture Quote #1

I despise making the most of one’s time. Half of the pleasures of life consist of the opportunities one has neglected Picture Quote #1

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Every year, if not every day, we have to wager our salvation upon some prophecy based upon imperfect knowledge Picture Quote #1

The history of intellectual growth and discovery clearly demonstrates the need for unfettered freedom, the right to think the unthinkable, discuss the unmentionable, and challenge the unchallengeable. To curtail free expression strikes twice at intellectual freedom, for whoever deprives another of the right to state unpopular views necessarily also deprives others of the right to listen to those views Picture Quote #1

Under bad manners, as under graver faults, lies very commonly an overestimate of our special individuality, as distinguished from our generic humanity Picture Quote #1

I should like to see any kind of man, distinguishable from a gorilla, that some good and even pretty woman could not shape a husband out of Picture Quote #1

The great end of being is to harmonize man with the order of things, and the church has been a good pitch-pipe, and may be so still Picture Quote #1

It’s a good thing to be rich and a good thing to be strong, but it is a better thing to be beloved of many friends Picture Quote #1

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The noblest service comes from nameless hands; and the best servant does his work unseen Picture Quote #1

If I were dying, my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown end Picture Quote #1

I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing envy - I don’t disparage envy, but I don’t accept it as legitimately my master Picture Quote #1

We have shared the incommunicable experience of war, we have felt, we still feel, the passion of life to its top. In our youth our hearts were touched with fire Picture Quote #1

Go on, fair Science; soon to thee Shall Nature yield her idle boast; Her vulgar lingers formed a tree, But thou hast trained it to a post Picture Quote #1

What a new face courage puts on everything. - Ralph Waldo Emerson To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old Picture Quote #1

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There is a little plant called reverence in the corner of my soul’s garden, which I love to have watered once a week Picture Quote #1

There is in all men a demand for the superlative, so much so that the poor devil that has no other way of reaching it attains it by getting drunk Picture Quote #1

The root of joy, as of duty, is to put all one’s powers towards some great end Picture Quote #1

If wine tells truth - and so have said the wise, It makes me laugh to think how brandy lies! Picture Quote #1

Liberty is often a heavy burden on a man. It involves the necessity for perpetual choice which is the kind of labor men have always dreaded Picture Quote #1

Young man, the secret of my success is that an early age I discovered that I was not God Picture Quote #1

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Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke Picture Quote #1

Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end Picture Quote #1

Carve every word before you let it fall Picture Quote #1

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable Picture Quote #1

People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail Picture Quote #1

Life, not the parson, teaches conduct Picture Quote #1

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As life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of his time, at the peril of being not to have lived (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing envy (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) It seems to me that at this time we need education in the obvious more than the investigation of the obscure (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) Young feller, you will never appreciate the potentialities of the English language until you have heard a Southern mule driver search the soul of a mule (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) The aim of the law is not to punish sins, but is to prevent certain external results (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) I despise making the most of one’s time. Half of the pleasures of life consist of the opportunities one has neglected (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) Every year, if not every day, we have to wager our salvation upon some prophecy based upon imperfect knowledge (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) The history of intellectual growth and discovery clearly demonstrates the need for unfettered freedom, the right to think the unthinkable, discuss the unmentionable, and challenge the unchallengeable. To curtail free expression strikes twice at intellectual freedom, for whoever deprives another of the right to state unpopular views necessarily also deprives others of the right to listen to those views (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) Under bad manners, as under graver faults, lies very commonly an overestimate of our special individuality, as distinguished from our generic humanity. (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) I should like to see any kind of man, distinguishable from a gorilla, that some good and even pretty woman could not shape a husband out of. (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) The great end of being is to harmonize man with the order of things, and the church has been a good pitch-pipe, and may be so still. (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) It’s a good thing to be rich and a good thing to be strong, but it is a better thing to be beloved of many friends. (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) The noblest service comes from nameless hands; and the best servant does his work unseen (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) If I were dying, my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown end (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing envy - I don’t disparage envy, but I don’t accept it as legitimately my master. (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) We have shared the incommunicable experience of war, we have felt, we still feel, the passion of life to its top. In our youth our hearts were touched with fire. (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) Go on, fair Science; soon to thee Shall Nature yield her idle boast; Her vulgar lingers formed a tree, But thou hast trained it to a post. (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) What a new face courage puts on everything. - Ralph Waldo Emerson To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old. (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) There is a little plant called reverence in the corner of my soul’s garden, which I love to have watered once a week. (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) There is in all men a demand for the superlative, so much so that the poor devil that has no other way of reaching it attains it by getting drunk. (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) The root of joy, as of duty, is to put all one’s powers towards some great end (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) If wine tells truth - and so have said the wise, It makes me laugh to think how brandy lies! (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) Liberty is often a heavy burden on a man. It involves the necessity for perpetual choice which is the kind of labor men have always dreaded. (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) Young man, the secret of my success is that an early age I discovered that I was not God (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) Carve every word before you let it fall (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) Life, not the parson, teaches conduct (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes)

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