We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial, but it is indelible.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.There was never an idea started that woke up men out of their stupid indifference but its originator was spoken of as a crank.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.When a man holds his tongue it does not signify much. But when a woman dispenses with the office of the mighty member, when she sheathed her natural weapon at a trying moment, it means that she trusts to still more formidable enginery; to tears it may be, a solvent more powerful than that with which Hannibal softened the alpine rocks.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.