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Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. quotes

American Judge March 8, 1841 – March 6, 1935

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Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. quote: "Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government."
Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. quote: "Once the mind has been stretched by a new idea, it will never..."
Once the mind has been stretched by a new idea, it will never again return to its original size. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. quote: "Any two philosophers can tell each other all they know in two..."
Any two philosophers can tell each other all they know in two hours. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. quote: "Man's mind, once stretched by an idea, never regains its..."
Man's mind, once stretched by an idea, never regains its original shape. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. quote: "The rule of joy and the law of duty seem to me all one."
The rule of joy and the law of duty seem to me all one. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. quote: "Don't be 'consistent,' but be simply true."
Don't be 'consistent,' but be simply true. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. quote: "Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable."
Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
You make me chuckle when you say that you are no longer young, that you have turned twenty-four. A man is or may be young to after sixty, and not old before eighty. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. quote: "The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose..."
The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. quote: "The very minute a thought is threatened with publicity it..."
The very minute a thought is threatened with publicity it seems to shrink towards mediocrity. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. quote: "To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a..."
To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. quote: "I like to pay taxes. With them, I buy civilization."
I like to pay taxes. With them, I buy civilization. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. quote: "We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the..."
We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. quote: "Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure..."
Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that were not so. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

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