18 Quotes By Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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Young man, the secret of my success is that an early age I discovered that I was not God.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. on age

A child's education should begin at least one hundred years before he is born.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. on education

It seems to me that at this time we need education in the obvious more than the investigation of the obscure.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. on education

I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing envy.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. on equality

A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. on experience

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. on experience

The greatest act of faith is when a man understands he is not God.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. on faith

The great act of faith is when a man decides he is not God.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. on faith

There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no greeting like his welcome, no homage like his praise.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. on friendship

Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. on government

Beware how you take away hope from any human being.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. on hope

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. on legal

A man is usually more careful of his money than of his principles.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. on money

There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no greeting like his welcome, no homage like his praise.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. on morning

The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. on power

I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing envy.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. on respect

Young man, the secret of my success is that an early age I discovered that I was not God.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. on success

Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at the touch, nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. on truth