Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Quotes
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Consciously or unconsciously we all strive to make the kind of a world that we like.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
I always say, as you know, that if my fellow citizens want to go to Hell I will help them. It's my job.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Yes, child of suffering, thou may'st well be sure He who ordained the Sabbath loves the poor!
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
The Fourteenth Amendment does not enact Mr. Herbert Spencer's Social Statics.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one, he is a pedant.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Detached reflection cannot be demanded in the presence of an uplifted knife.
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Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.