The great end of being is to harmonize man with the order of things, and the church has been a good pitch-pipe,… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
Even the wisest woman you talk to is ignorant of something you may know, but an elegant woman never forgets her elegance. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
You make me chuckle when you say that you are no longer young, that you have turned twenty-four. A man is or… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
I think it not improbable that man, like the grub that prepares a chamber for the winged thing it never has seen… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
Whatever disagreement there may be as to the scope of the phrase "due process of law" there can be no doubt that… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial, but it is indelible. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
“A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
But when men have realized that time has upset many fighting faiths, they may come to believe...that the best test of truth… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
Science is the topography of ignorance. From a few elevated points we triangulate vast spaces, inclosing infinite unknown details. We cast the… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
Reason may be the lever, but sentiment gives you the fulcrum and the place to stand on if you want to move… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
When a man holds his tongue it does not signify much. But when a woman dispenses with the office of the mighty… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
Blood is a destiny. One's genius descends in the stream from long lines of ancestry. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
If you don't know what you want, you will probably never get it. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
Any two philosophers can tell each other all they know in two hours. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
It is mere childishness to expect men to believe as their fathers did; that is, if they have any minds of their own. The… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
Longevity is having a chronic disease - and taking care of it. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
As for the excellent little wretches who grow up in what they are taught, with never a scruple or a query, ... they signify… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
On every stem, on every leaf,... and at the root of everything that grew, was a professional specialist in the shape of grub, caterpillar,… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
A good soldier, like a good horse, cannot be of a bad color. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
Free competition is worth more to society than it costs. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
