Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Quotations
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“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.
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“Young man, the secret of my success is that an early age I discovered that I was not God.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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“I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing envy.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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“The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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“There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no greeting like his welcome, no homage like his praise.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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“A man is usually more careful of his money than of his principles.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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“Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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“Beware how you take away hope from any human being.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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“Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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“There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no greeting like his welcome, no homage like his praise.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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“The great act of faith is when a man decides he is not God.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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“A moment’s insight is sometimes worth a life’s experience.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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“I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing envy.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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“It seems to me that at this time we need education in the obvious more than the investigation of the obscure.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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Young man, the secret of my success is that an early age I discovered that I was not God. – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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