Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
American jurist
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
The minute a phrase becomes current, it becomes an apology for not thinking accurately to the end of the sentence.
—Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., American jurist, letter, 1917
Posted on January 20, 2004 at 6:34 PM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanging; 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., Towne v. Eisner, 1918
Posted on July 2, 1999 at 11:58 AM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
But I have long thought that if you knew a column of advertisements by heart, you could achieve unexpected felicities with them. You can get a happy quotation anywhere if you have the eye.
—Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., letter, 1923
Posted on December 16, 1998 at 3:57 PM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
The advice of their elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as a list of the hundred best books.
—Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., American jurist
Posted on April 28, 2003 at 9:56 AM
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