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
A new untruth is better than an old truth.
My right to swing my fist ends where your nose begins.
There is a little plant called reverence in the corner of my soul's garden, which I love to have watered once a week.
Success. Is not the position where you are standing, but which direction you are going.
Apologizing - a very desperate habit - one that is rarely cured. Apology is only egotism wrong side out.
Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.
Reason means truth and those who are not governed by it take the chance that someday the sunken fact will rip the bottom out of their boat.
Beware of making your moral staple consist of the negative virtues.
The root of joy, as of duty, is to put all one's powers towards some great end.
But the moment you turn a corner you see another straight stretch ahead and there comes some further challenge to your ambition.
On every stem, on every leaf,... and at the root of everything that grew, was a professional specialist in the shape of grub, caterpillar, aphis, or other expert, whose business it was to devour that particular part.
Knowledge and timber shouldn't be much used till they are seasoned.
To know is not less than to feel.
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.