Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.was an American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1902 to 1932, and as Acting Chief Justice of the United States January–February 1930. Noted for his long service, his concise and pithy opinions and his deference to the decisions of elected legislatures, he is one of the most widely cited United States Supreme Court justices in history, particularly for his "clear and present danger" opinion for a...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJudge
Date of Birth8 March 1841
CountryUnited States of America
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. quotes about
Knowledge and timber shouldn't be much used till they are seasoned.
To know is not less than to feel.
There is no time like the old time, when you and I were young!
It's a good thing to be rich and a good thing to be strong, but it is a better thing to be beloved of many friends.
Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than in the one where they sprung up.
The foliage has been losing its freshness through the month of August, and here and there a yellow leaf shows itself like the first gray hair amidst the locks of a beauty who has seen one season too many.
It is mere childishness to expect men to believe as their fathers did; that is, if they have any minds of their own. The world is a whole generation older and wiser than when the father was of his son's age.
It is very grand to die in harness, but it is very pleasant to have the tight straps unbuckled and the heavy collar lifted from the neck and shoulders.
Even the wisest woman you talk to is ignorant of something you may know, but an elegant woman never forgets her elegance.
Any new formula which suddenly emerges in our consciousness has its roots in long trains of thought; it is virtually old when it first makes its appearance among the recognized growths of our intellect.
You hear that boy laughing?you think he's all fun; But the angels laugh, too, at the good he has done; The children laugh loud as they troop to his call, And the poor man that knows him laughs loudest of all.
Lord, bid war's trumpet cease; Fold the whole earth in peace.
The minute a phrase, becomes current, it becomes an apology for not thinking accurately to the end of the sentence.
The axis of the earth sticks out visibly through the center of each and every town or city.