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Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. quotes

American Judge March 8, 1841 – March 6, 1935

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The Poet at the Breakfast Table: My experience with public libraries is that the first volume of the book I inquire for is out, unless I happen to want the second, when that is out. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. quote: "Even a dog distinguishes between being stumbled over and being..."
Even a dog distinguishes between being stumbled over and being kicked. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. quote: "A man is usually more careful of his money than of his..."
A man is usually more careful of his money than of his principles. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. quote: "The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power."
The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
The first requirement of a sound body of law is, that it should correspond with the actual feelings and demands of the community, whether right or wrong. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
We must think things not words, or at least we must constantly translate our words into the facts for which they stand, if we are to keep to the real and the true. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. quote: "I believe that there are no innate, intrinsic differences..."
I believe that there are no innate, intrinsic differences among a human being , a baboon or a grain of sand. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at the touch, nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. quote: "The great thing in this world is not so much where we are, but..."
The great thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are going. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. quote: "Carve every word before you let it fall."
Carve every word before you let it fall. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. quote: "A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back..."
A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. quote: "A new and valid idea is worth more than a regiment and fewer..."
A new and valid idea is worth more than a regiment and fewer men can furnish the former than command the latter. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. quote: "Every year, if not every day, we have to wager our salvation..."
Every year, if not every day, we have to wager our salvation upon some prophecy based upon imperfect knowledge. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. quote: "Man's mind, stretched by a new idea, never goes back to its..."
Man's mind, stretched by a new idea, never goes back to its original dimensions. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. quote: "The man of action has the present, but the thinker controls..."
The man of action has the present, but the thinker controls the future. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

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