Maxioms by Oliver Wendell Holmes
The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the read more
The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the more it will contract.
I think that, as life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the read more
I think that, 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.
To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.
To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.
The mode in which the inevitable comes to pass is through effort.
The mode in which the inevitable comes to pass is through effort.
For him in vain the envious seasons roll, Who bears eternal summer in his soul.
For him in vain the envious seasons roll, Who bears eternal summer in his soul.