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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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Quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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The jury has the power to bring a verdict in the teeth of both law and fact.

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Persecution for the expression of opinions seems to be perfectly logical. If you have no doubt of your premises or your power and want a certain result with all your heart you naturally express your wishes in law and sweep away all opposition.

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The main part of intellectual education is not the acquisition of facts but learning how to make facts live.

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

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Every year, if not every day, we have to wager our salvation upon some prophecy based upon imperfect knowledge.

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Young man, the secret of my success is that at early age I discovered that I was not God.
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