Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."	Lies
"To be 70 years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be 40 years old."	Age, Change, Hope
"The great thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are moving."	Excellence
"There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no greeting like his welcome, no homage like his praise."	Age, Criticism, Friends
"It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes life worth living."	Faith, Life
"The great act of faith is when a man decides he is not God."	Decision-Making, Excellence, Faith
"As life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of his time, at peril of being judged not to have lived."	Life, Men, Time
"We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe."	Miscellaneous
"Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains it's original dimensions."	Creativity, Men
"Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water bath is to the body."	Music, Time
"Taxes are the price we pay for civilization."	Taxes
"Every calling is great when greatly pursued."	Excellence
"Beware how you take away hope from any human being."	Hope, Men, Military
"I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving -- we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it -- but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor."	Change, Excellence, Lies
"If I were dying, my last words would be, Have faith and pursue the unknown end."	Death, Faith, Knowledge
"A person's mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions."	Creativity, Men
"The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins."	Men
"Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground floor."	Men
"Any two philosophers can tell each other all they know in two hours."	Knowledge, Wisdom
"The advice of their elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as a list of the hundred best books."	Age, Books, Men
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