Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Quotes

It seems to me that at this time we need education in the obvious more than investigation of the obscure.

It seems to me that at this time we need education in the obvious more than investigation of the obscure.

- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

The advice of the elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as a list of the hundred best books.

The advice of the elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as a list of the hundred best books.

- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Life is an end in itself, and the only question as to whether it is worth living is whether you have had enough of it.

Life is an end in itself, and the only question as to whether it is worth living is whether you have had enough of it.

- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

The greatest act of faith is when a man understands he is not God.

The greatest act of faith is when a man understands he is not God.

- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Young man, the secret of my success is that at early age I discovered that I was not God.

Young man, the secret of my success is that at early age I discovered that I was not God.

- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It was given to us to learn at the outset that life is a profound and passionate thing.

Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It was given to us to learn at the outset that life is a profound and passionate thing.

- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

The main part of intellectual education is not the acquisition of facts, but learning how to make facts live.

The main part of intellectual education is not the acquisition of facts, but learning how to make facts live.

- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

It is very lonely sometimes, trying to play God.

It is very lonely sometimes, trying to play God.

- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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