197 Quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

Certainty generally is illusion, and repose is not the destiny of man.

This is a court of law, not a court of justice.

Whatever disagreement there may be as to the scope of the phrase “due process of law” there can be no doubt that it embraces the fundamental conception of a fair trial, with opportunity to be heard.

The law is the witness and external deposit of our moral life. Its history is the history of the moral development of the race.

The riders in a race do not stop when they reach the goal. There is a little finishing canter before coming to a standstill. There is time to hear the kind voices of friends and say to oneself, The work is done.

Imitation is a necessity of human nature.

Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It was given to us to learn at the outset that life is a profound and passionate thing.

Longevity is having a chronic disease – and taking care of it.

If wine tells truth – and so have said the wise, It makes me laugh to think how brandy lies!