Maxioms by Oliver Wendell Holmes
The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.
The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.
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.
Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.
Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.
Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.
Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.
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.
