Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (March 8, 1841 – March 6, 1935) was an American jurist who served as an...
I like to pay taxes. With them, I buy civilization. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
I like to pay taxes. With them, I buy civilization.
Every idea is an incitement... eloquence may set fire to reason. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Every idea is an incitement... eloquence may set fire to reason.
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 life is a profound and passionate thing. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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 life is a profound and passionate thing.
Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.
Three generations of imbeciles are enough. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Three generations of imbeciles are enough.
Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by children. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by children.
The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience.
To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.
A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.
Every calling is great when greatly pursued. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Every calling is great when greatly pursued.
Young man, the secret of my success is that at early age I discovered that I was not God. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Young man, the secret of my success is that at early age I discovered that I was not God.
This is a court of law, not a court of justice. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
This is a court of law, not a court of justice.