American - Judge | March 8, 1841 - March 6, 1935
The advice of the elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as a list of the hundred best books.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.
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Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.
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The greatest act of faith is when a man understands he is not God.
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Every now and then a man's mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions.
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I think that we should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe and believe to be fraught with death, unless they so imminently threaten immediate interference with the lawful and pressing purposes of the law that an immediate check is required to save the country.
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The great act of faith is when a man decides he is not God.
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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.
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Beware how you take away hope from another human being.
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Any two philosophers can tell each other all they know in two hours.
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Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government.
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Every idea is an incitement... eloquence may set fire to reason.
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