8th March: Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

The quotable Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr was born on March 8 1841. Here are some of things he said.

1. The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins.
2. Life is an end in itself, and the only question as to whether it is worth living is whether you have had enough of it.
3. Beware how you take away hope from another human being.
4. A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.
5. Every calling is great when greatly pursued.
6. I despise making the most of one's time. Half of the pleasures of life consist of the opportunities one has neglected.
7. The young man knows the rules but the old man knows the exceptions.
8. The great thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are going.
9. The man of action has the present, but the thinker controls the future.
10. To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.