Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Quotes

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.

Every calling is great when greatly pursued.

Every calling is great when greatly pursued.

- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.

Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.

- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.

A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.

- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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.

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.

A man is usually more careful of his money than of his principles.

A man is usually more careful of his money than of his principles.

- 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.

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