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Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes

Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society Picture Quote #1

Free competition is worth more to society than it costs Picture Quote #1

The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done Picture Quote #1

Detached reflection cannot be demanded in the presence of an uplifted knife Picture Quote #1

Eloquence may set fire to reason Picture Quote #1

Even a dog distinguishes between being stumbled over and being kicked Picture Quote #1

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I like to pay taxes. With them, I buy civilization Picture Quote #1

Beware of making your moral staple consist of the negative virtues Picture Quote #1

Taxes are what we pay for civilized society Picture Quote #1

A river is more than an amenity, it is a treasure Picture Quote #1

The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort Picture Quote #1

The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power Picture Quote #1

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The man of action has the present, but the thinker controls the future Picture Quote #1

The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience Picture Quote #1

What I wouldn’t give to be seventy again! Picture Quote #1

This is a court of law, not a court of justice Picture Quote #1

If you don’t know what you want, you will probably never get it Picture Quote #1

Certitude is not the test of certainty Picture Quote #1

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My right to swing my fist ends where your nose begins Picture Quote #1

We have been cocksure of many things that were not so Picture Quote #1

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used Picture Quote #1

Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see no remedy but force Picture Quote #1

To be civilized is to be potentially master of all possible ideas, and that means that one has got beyond being shocked, although one preserves one’s own moral aesthetic preferences Picture Quote #1

A new and valid idea is worth more than a regiment and fewer men can furnish the former than command the latter Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

Every now and then a man’s mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions Picture Quote #1

Most of the things we do, we do for no better reason than that our fathers have done them or our neighbors do them, and the same is true of a larger part than what we suspect of what we think Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

To have doubted one’s own first principles is the mark of a civilized man Picture Quote #1

We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe Picture Quote #1

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Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) Free competition is worth more to society than it costs (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) Detached reflection cannot be demanded in the presence of an uplifted knife (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) Eloquence may set fire to reason (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) Even a dog distinguishes between being stumbled over and being kicked (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) I like to pay taxes. With them, I buy civilization (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) Beware of making your moral staple consist of the negative virtues (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) Taxes are what we pay for civilized society (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) A river is more than an amenity, it is a treasure (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) The man of action has the present, but the thinker controls the future (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) What I wouldn’t give to be seventy again! (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) This is a court of law, not a court of justice (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) If you don’t know what you want, you will probably never get it (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) Certitude is not the test of certainty (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) My right to swing my fist ends where your nose begins (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) We have been cocksure of many things that were not so (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see no remedy but force (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) To be civilized is to be potentially master of all possible ideas, and that means that one has got beyond being shocked, although one preserves one’s own moral aesthetic preferences (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) A new and valid idea is worth more than a regiment and fewer men can furnish the former than command the latter (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) 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 (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) Every now and then a man’s mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) Most of the things we do, we do for no better reason than that our fathers have done them or our neighbors do them, and the same is true of a larger part than what we suspect of what we think (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) 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 (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) To have doubted one’s own first principles is the mark of a civilized man (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes)

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