Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., (1841-1935) US Supreme Court Justice, also known as "The Great Dissenter" Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [1-9] of 9 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. quotesOliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. QuotesOliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins.~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. A man is usually more careful of his money than of his principles.~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power.~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and the time in which it is used.~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtaxed.~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from bondage of irrational fear.~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water bath is to the body.~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. There's nothing that keeps its youth, So far as I know, but a tree and truth.~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. We have shared the incommunicable experience of war. We felt, we still feel, the passion of life to it's top. In our youths, our hearts were touched with fire.~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print