Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Quotes

A new untruth is better than an old truth.

A new untruth is better than an old truth.

- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Beware how you take away hope from another human being.

Beware how you take away hope from another human being.

- 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.

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 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.

It is very lonely sometimes, trying to play God.

It is very lonely sometimes, trying to play God.

- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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.

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.

If I were dying, my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown end.

If I were dying, my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown end.

- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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