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Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes

Carve every word before you let it fall Picture Quote #1

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable Picture Quote #1

People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail Picture Quote #1

Life, not the parson, teaches conduct Picture Quote #1

Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society Picture Quote #1

Free competition is worth more to society than it costs Picture Quote #1

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The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done Picture Quote #1

Detached reflection cannot be demanded in the presence of an uplifted knife Picture Quote #1

Eloquence may set fire to reason Picture Quote #1

Even a dog distinguishes between being stumbled over and being kicked Picture Quote #1

I like to pay taxes. With them, I buy civilization Picture Quote #1

We have been cocksure of many things that were not so Picture Quote #1

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Taxes are what we pay for civilized society Picture Quote #1

A river is more than an amenity, it is a treasure Picture Quote #1

The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort Picture Quote #1

The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power Picture Quote #1

The man of action has the present, but the thinker controls the future Picture Quote #1

The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience Picture Quote #1

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What I wouldn’t give to be seventy again! Picture Quote #1

This is a court of law, not a court of justice Picture Quote #1

If you don’t know what you want, you will probably never get it Picture Quote #1

Certitude is not the test of certainty Picture Quote #1

My right to swing my fist ends where your nose begins Picture Quote #1

If I had a formula for bypassing trouble, I wouldn’t pass it around. Wouldn’t be doing anybody a favor. Trouble creates a capacity to handle it. I don’t say embrace trouble. That’s as bad as treating it as an enemy. But I do say, meet it as a friend, for you’ll see a lot of it and had better be on speaking terms with it Picture Quote #1

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To have doubted one’s own first principles is the mark of a civilized man Picture Quote #1

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Carve every word before you let it fall (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) Life, not the parson, teaches conduct (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) Free competition is worth more to society than it costs (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) Detached reflection cannot be demanded in the presence of an uplifted knife (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) Eloquence may set fire to reason (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) Even a dog distinguishes between being stumbled over and being kicked (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) I like to pay taxes. With them, I buy civilization (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) We have been cocksure of many things that were not so (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) Taxes are what we pay for civilized society (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) A river is more than an amenity, it is a treasure (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) The man of action has the present, but the thinker controls the future (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) What I wouldn’t give to be seventy again! (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) This is a court of law, not a court of justice (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) If you don’t know what you want, you will probably never get it (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) Certitude is not the test of certainty (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) My right to swing my fist ends where your nose begins (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) If I had a formula for bypassing trouble, I wouldn’t pass it around. Wouldn’t be doing anybody a favor. Trouble creates a capacity to handle it. I don’t say embrace trouble. That’s as bad as treating it as an enemy. But I do say, meet it as a friend, for you’ll see a lot of it and had better be on speaking terms with it (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes) To have doubted one’s own first principles is the mark of a civilized man (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Quotes)

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