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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Quotes: If you can eat sawdust without butter, you can be a success in the law.
         

If you can eat sawdust without butter, you can be a success in the law.


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A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.

A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.



Success. Is not the position where you are standing, but which direction you are going.

Success. Is not the position where you are standing, but which direction you are going.



This is a court of law, not a court of justice.

This is a court of law, not a court of justice.



My right to swing my fist ends where your nose begins.

My right to swing my fist ends where your nose begins.



I like to pay taxes. With them, I buy civilization.

I like to pay taxes. With them, I buy civilization.




The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience.

The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience.



Certitude is not the test of certainty.

Certitude is not the test of certainty.



People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail.

People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail.



Fame is the scentless sunflower, with gaudy crown of gold; But friendship is the rose, with sweets in every fold.

Fame is the scentless sunflower, with gaudy crown of gold; But friendship is the rose, with sweets in every fold.





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Gorgeous, ” he murmured.She chuckled. “Think you’l say that in five months or so? When I waddle like a duck and you have to tie my shoes for me?”“I’l say it then and forever.



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Ridicule can do much, for instance embitter the existence of young talents; but one thing is not given to it, to put a stop permanently to the incursion of new and powerful ideas.



Why are we here? We exist not to pursue happiness, which is fleeting, or outer accomplishment, which can always be bettered. We are here to nourish the self.

Why are we here? We exist not to pursue happiness, which is fleeting, or outer accomplishment, which can always be bettered. We are here to nourish the self.



I am not... totally unreceptive to colour providing it makes its appearance quietly, deferentially, and without undue fanfare.

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Even sickness becomes an experience that we pass through in happiness because our happiness is not dependent upon how our body feels, but how our spirit feels.

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When I vote for a candidate I always try to learn as much as I can about them, but I guess I focus a lot on environmental issues, and I tend to vote along those lines.

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I cannot cook to save my life. I'm really frighteningly useless, when you get down to it.

I cannot cook to save my life. I'm really frighteningly useless, when you get down to it.



The True Artist has the planet for his pedestal; the adventurer, after years of strife, has nothing broader than his shoes.

The True Artist has the planet for his pedestal; the adventurer, after years of strife, has nothing broader than his shoes.



In real life, I'm always in tracksuits, and I never wear makeup.

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