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"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 Jr. Holmes. |
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"Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke."
- Oliver Wendell Jr. Holmes. |
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"Our test of truth is a reference to either a present or imagined future majority in favour of our view."
- Oliver Wendell Jr. Holmes. |
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"The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done."
- Oliver Wendell Jr. Holmes. |
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"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 Jr. Holmes. |
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"To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man."
- Oliver Wendell Jr. Holmes. |
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"We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe."
- Oliver Wendell Jr. Holmes. |