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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Quotes: The mark of a civilized man is his willingness to re-examine his most cherished beliefs.
         

The mark of a civilized man is his willingness to re-examine his most cherished beliefs.


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A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.

A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.



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Success. Is not the position where you are standing, but which direction you are going.



This is a court of law, not a court of justice.

This is a court of law, not a court of justice.



My right to swing my fist ends where your nose begins.

My right to swing my fist ends where your nose begins.



I like to pay taxes. With them, I buy civilization.

I like to pay taxes. With them, I buy civilization.




The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience.

The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience.



Certitude is not the test of certainty.

Certitude is not the test of certainty.



People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail.

People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail.



Fame is the scentless sunflower, with gaudy crown of gold; But friendship is the rose, with sweets in every fold.

Fame is the scentless sunflower, with gaudy crown of gold; But friendship is the rose, with sweets in every fold.





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At day's first light have in readiness, against disinclination to leave your bed, the thought that "I am rising for the work of man."



I know all about endings. It is beginnings that elude me.

I know all about endings. It is beginnings that elude me.



I have discovered that you can go from nowhere to somewhere, from nothing to something, from a nobody to a somebody, from an empty person to a fulfilled one, if you have faith in God.

I have discovered that you can go from nowhere to somewhere, from nothing to something, from a nobody to a somebody, from an empty person to a fulfilled one, if you have faith in God.



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