Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Quotes

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Quotes

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Quotes

Consider the following quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.:

"The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done."

"The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more light you shine on it, the more it will contract."

"Our test of truth is a reference to either a present or imagined future majority in favour of our view."

"Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke."

"I think that, as life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of his time at peril of being judged not to have lived"

"A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanging, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in colour and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used."

"A moment's insight is sometimes worth a lifetime's experience."

"To live is to function. That is all there is in living."

"We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial, but it is indelible. You cannot educate "

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