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Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanging, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in colour and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Our test of truth is a reference to either a present or imagined future majority in favour of our view.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more light you shine on it, the more it will contract.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe.
 
 
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