Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Quotes

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

- 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.

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.

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