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Life Quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
- From forty to fifty a man must move upward, or the natural falling off in the vigor of life will carry him rapidly downward.
- [The Constitution] is an experiment as all life is an experiment.
- The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- Life, not the parson, teaches conduct.
- Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.
- 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…
- 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.
- Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It was given to us to learn at the outset that…
- I despise making the most of one's time. Half of the pleasures of life consist of the opportunities one has neglected.
- 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…
- Certitude leads to violence. This is a proposition that has an easy application and a difficult one. The easy application is to ideoologues, dogmatists, and…
- The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done.
- A mind that is stretched by new experiences can never go back to its old dimensions.
- 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…
- Life is action and passion; therefore, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of the time, at peril…
More Life Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle