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Life is action and passion; therefore, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of the time, at peril of being judged not to have lived. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

#being #being judged #judged #life #lived

Man's mind, stretched by a new idea, never goes back to its original dimensions. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

#dimensions #goes #idea #man #mind

It seems to me that at this time we need education in the obvious more than the investigation of the obscure. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

#investigation #me #more #need #obscure

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

#deal #great #great deal #lawyers #smoke

Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at the touch, nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

#all day #break #bubble #day #evening

Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that were not so. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

#certainty #certitude #cocksure #many #test

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

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

#simply #true

Every event that a man would master must be mounted on the run, and no man ever caught the reins of a thought except as it galloped past him. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

#event #ever #every #except #him

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

Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

#deal #government #men #must #square