Maxioms by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Revolutions are not made by men in spectacles.
Revolutions are not made by men in spectacles.
We must have a weak spot or two in our character before we can love it much.
We must have a weak spot or two in our character before we can love it much.
To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.
To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.
The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the read more
The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the more it will contract.
I think that, as life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the read more
I think that, as life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of his time at peril of being judged not to have lived.