Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
The root of joy, as of duty, is to put all one's powers towards some great end. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Duty Copy Share Image
Longevity is having a chronic disease - and taking care of it. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Care Copy Share Image
The difference between gossip and philosophy lies only in one's way of taking a fact. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Differences Copy Share Image
A man is usually more careful of his money than of his principles. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
The minute a phrase, becomes current, it becomes an apology for not thinking accurately to the end of the sentence. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Apology Copy Share Image
Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that were not so. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
Even a dog distinguishes between being stumbled over and being kicked. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Animal Copy Share Image
It takes me several days, after I get back to Boston, to realize that the reference "the president" refers to the president… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Boston Copy Share Image
Our morality seems to be only a check on the ultimate domination of force, just as our politeness is a check on… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Character Copy Share Image
Young feller, you will never appreciate the potentialities of the English language until you have heard a Southern mule driver search the… — 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
The riders in a race do not stop when they reach the goal. There is a little finishing canter before coming to… — 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 Abyss Copy Share Image
But I have long thought that if you knew a column of advertisements by heart, you could achieve unexpected felicities with them.… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
Who does not feel that Nansen's account of his search for the Pole rather loses than gains in ideal satisfaction by the… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
Any tax is a discouragement and therefore a regulation so far as it goes. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Discouragement Copy Share Image
The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Experience Copy Share Image
Where we stand is not as important as the direction in which we are moving. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Direction Copy Share Image
The noblest service comes from nameless hands; and the best servant does his work unseen. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
If I had a formula for bypassing trouble, I would not pass it around. Trouble creates a capacity to handle it. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Adversity Copy Share Image
There are many things which we can afford to forget which it is yet well to learn. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Education Copy Share Image
The individual will always be a minority. If a man is in a minority of one, we lock him up. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Identity Copy Share Image
The only condition of peace in this world is to have no ideas, or, at least not to express them. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
Beware of making your moral staple consist of the negative virtues. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Character Copy Share Image
Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
Fame is the scentless sunflower, with gaudy crown of gold; But friendship is the rose, with sweets in every fold. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Community Copy Share Image
It's a good thing to be rich and a good thing to be strong, but it is a better thing to be… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Beloved Copy Share Image
If wine tells truth - and so have said the wise, It makes me laugh to think how brandy lies! — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Alcohol Copy Share Image
[The Constitution] is an experiment as all life is an experiment. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Constitution Copy Share Image
The history of what the law has been is necessary to the knowledge of what the law is. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
Detached reflection cannot be demanded in the presence of an uplifted knife. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Compassion Copy Share Image
Young man, the secret of my success is that an early age I discovered that I was not God. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Age Copy Share Image
If I were dying, my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown end. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Death Copy Share Image
Leisure only means a chance to do other jobs that demand attention. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Attention Copy Share Image
Any two philosophers can tell each other all they know in two hours. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
If you can eat sawdust without butter, you can be a success in the law. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Food Copy Share Image
Deep-seated preferences cannot be argued about-you cannot argue a man into liking a glass of beer. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
The advice of their elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as a list of the hundred best… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Advice Copy Share Image
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