Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes was the name of two prominent men, father and son:...
jobs mean attention
Leisure only means a chance to do other jobs that demand attention.
life growing-up race
As for the excellent little wretches who grow up in what they are taught, with never a scruple or a query, ... they signify nothing in the intellectual life of the race.
men law want
Pretty much all law consists in forbidding men to do something that they want to do.
men ancestry ancestor
Every man is an omnibus in which his ancestors ride.
lying deceit tools
Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle that fits them all.
reflection compassion knives
Detached reflection cannot be demanded in the presence of an uplifted knife.
civilization taxation taxes-funny
I like to pay taxes. With them, I buy civilization.
life art pain
Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.
motivational lying moving
I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it, but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.
race moral-development law
The law is the witness and external deposit of our moral life. Its history is the history of the moral development of the race.
apology sides apologizing
Apologizing - a very desperate habit - one that is rarely cured. Apology is only egotism wrong side out.
character luck crow
To brag little, to lose well, / To crow gently if in luck, / To pay up, to own up, / To shut up if beaten, / Are the virtues of a sportingman.
pay taxes civilized
Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society.
rip mean facts
Reason means truth and those who are not governed by it take the chance that someday the sunken fact will rip the bottom out of their boat.