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Oliver Wendell Holmes quotes

American Writer August 29, 1809 – October 8, 1894

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Oliver Wendell Holmes quote: "It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the..."
It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes quote: "Rough work, iconoclasm, but the only way to get at truth."
Rough work, iconoclasm, but the only way to get at truth. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes quote: "Don't be "consistent" but be simple true."
Don't be "consistent" but be simple true. Oliver Wendell Holmes
To be civilized is to be potentially master of all possible ideas, and that means that one has got beyond being shocked, although one preserves one's own moral aesthetic preferences. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes quote: "Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and..."
Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes quote: "Pretty much all the honest truth telling in the world is done..."
Pretty much all the honest truth telling in the world is done by children. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes quote: "The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but..."
The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes quote: "Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light."
Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes quote: "The very aim and end of our institutions is just this: that we..."
The very aim and end of our institutions is just this: that we may think what we like and say what we think. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes quote: "Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before..."
Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Why can't somebody give us a list of things that everybody thinks and nobody says, and another list of things that everybody says and nobody thinks. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes quote: "People who honestly mean to be true really contradict..."
People who honestly mean to be true really contradict themselves much more rarely than those who try to be 'consistent'. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes quote: "Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old..."
Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes quote: "Every real thought on every real subject knocks the wind out..."
Every real thought on every real subject knocks the wind out of somebody or other. Oliver Wendell Holmes

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