#cons

If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought, not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#any #attachment #calls #constitution #free

Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see no remedy but force. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#force #groups #i #i see #inconsistent

Happiness consists in activity. It is running steam, not a stagnant pool. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#activity #consists #pool #running #stagnant

Don't be "consistent" but be simple true. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#simple #true

People who honestly mean to be true really contradict themselves much more rarely than those who try to be 'consistent'. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#consistent #contradict #honestly #mean #more

Don't be 'consistent,' but be simply true. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

#simply #true

I despise making the most of one's time. Half of the pleasures of life consist of the opportunities one has neglected. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

#despise #half #i #life #making

The Constitution is never tested during times of tranquility; it is during times of tension, turmoil, tragedy, trauma, and terrorism that it is sorely tested. ↗

— Mike Honda

#during #never #sorely #tension #terrorism

The art of pleasing consists in being pleased. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#being #consists #pleased #pleasing

The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down, and requires to be constantly wound up. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#clock #constantly #down #like #man