Quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Quotes

Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

Leisure only means a chance to do other jobs that demand attention.

To be master of any branch of knowledge, you must master those which lie next to it; and thus to know anything you must know all.

Beware of making your moral staple consist of the negative virtues.

We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe.

There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no greeting like his welcome, no homage like his praise.

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

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

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