223 Quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

To us who remain behind is left this day of memories. Every year--in the full tide of spring, at the height of the symphony of flowers and love and life--there comes a pause, and through the silence we hear the lonely pipe of death.

The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theater and causing a panic.

But when men have realized that time has upset many fighting faiths, they may come to believe...that the best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market... That at any rate is the theory of our constitution.

Carve every word before you let it fall.

We have been cocksure of many things that were not so.

Free competition is worth more to society than it costs.

Beware how you take away hope from another human being.

Every idea is an incitement... eloquence may set fire to reason.

When in doubt, do it.