All Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Quotes
- Most of us retain enough of the theological attitude to think that we are little gods. Attitude
- From forty to fifty a man must move upward, or the natural falling off in the vigor of life will carry him rapidly downward. Age
- [The Constitution] is an experiment as all life is an experiment. All
- Leisure only means a chance to do other jobs that demand attention. Attention
- I think it not improbable that man, like the grub that prepares a chamber for the winged thing it never has seen but is to… Chamber
- Men are tattooed with their special beliefs like so many South Sea Islanders; but a real human heart with divine love in it beats with… All
- Beware of making your moral staple consist of the negative virtues. Beware
- The provisions of the Constitution are not mathematical formulas having their essence in their form; they are organic, living institutions transplanted from English soil. Their… Considering
- In my opinion, economists and sociologists are the people to whom we ought to turn more than we do for instruction in the grounds and… All
- Three generations of imbeciles are enough. Generations
- Taxes are what we pay for civilized society Civilized
- The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience. Been
- Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society. Civilized
- No generalization is wholly true—not even this one. Funny
- The thing I want to do is put as many new ideas into the law as I can, to show how particular solutions involve general… Admitted
- What I wouldn't give to be seventy again! Give
- Deep-seated preferences cannot be argued about-you cannot argue a man into liking a glass of beer. Argue
- 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… Appreciate
- This is a court of law, not a court of justice. Court
- To us who remain behind is left this day of memories. Every year--in the full tide of spring, at the height of the symphony of… Behind
- Why should you row a boat race? Why endure the long months of pain in preparation for a fierce half hour that will leave you… All
- Our dead brothers and sisters still live for us and bid us think of life, not death-of life to which in their youth they lent… Amid
- Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable. Commonplace
- To an imagination of any scope the most far reaching form of power is not money, it is the command of ideas Any
- But the word "right" is one of the most deceptive of pitfalls; it is so easy to slip from a qualified meaning in the premise… Conclusion
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