Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Quote

We forget that weakness is not in itself a sin. We forget that even cowardice may call for our most lenient judgment, if it spring from innate infirmity.


Elsie Venner (1859)


We forget that weakness is not in itself a sin. We forget that even cowardice may call for our most lenient judgment, if it spring from innate...

We forget that weakness is not in itself a sin. We forget that even cowardice may call for our most lenient judgment, if it spring from innate...

We forget that weakness is not in itself a sin. We forget that even cowardice may call for our most lenient judgment, if it spring from innate...

We forget that weakness is not in itself a sin. We forget that even cowardice may call for our most lenient judgment, if it spring from innate...