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Famous Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Quotes
“The noblest service comes from nameless hands; and the best servant does his work unseen.”
“The axis of the earth sticks out visibly through the center of each and every town or city.”
“Young men know the rules, but old men know the exceptions.”
“Pretty much all law consists in forbidding men to do something that they want to do.”
“For him in vain the envious seasons roll Who bears eternal summer in his soul.”
“Certainty generally is illusion, and repose is not the destiny of man.”
“If you can eat sawdust without butter, you can be a success in the law.”
“Where we stand is not as important as the direction in which we are moving.”
“A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.”
“Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end.”
“If I were dying, my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown end.”
“The greatest act of faith is when a man understands he is not God.”
“Young man, the secret of my success is that an early age I discovered that I was not God.”
“Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government.”
“People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail.”
“The mark of a civilized man is his willingness to re-examine his most cherished beliefs.”