Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Quote

The great delusion of mankind is in supposing that to be individual and exceptional which is universal and according to law.


The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table (1858)


The great delusion of mankind is in supposing that to be individual and exceptional which is universal and according to law.

The great delusion of mankind is in supposing that to be individual and exceptional which is universal and according to law.

The great delusion of mankind is in supposing that to be individual and exceptional which is universal and according to law.

The great delusion of mankind is in supposing that to be individual and exceptional which is universal and according to law.