Tag: Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing envy — I don’t disparage envy but I don’t accept it as legitimately my master.

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

Even a dog distinguishes between being stumbled over and being kicked.

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.