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Carve every word before you let it fall.
Thoughts and Thinking
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

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I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing envy.
Passion
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

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Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.
Law and Lawyers
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

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Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.
Life and Living
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

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The rule of joy and the law of duty seem to me all one.
Duty
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

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We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe.
Opinions
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun