Quotes by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

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Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most import >>

As life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should >>

Quotations about Facts

It may be said with a degree of assurance that not everything that mee >>

A fact in itself is nothing. It is valuable only for the idea attached >>

There are no facts, only interpretations. >>

All generous minds have a horror of what are commonly called facts. They are the brute beasts of the intellectual domain. Who does not know fellows that always have an ill-conditioned fact or two that they lead after them into decent company like so many bull-dogs, ready to let them slip at every ingenious suggestion, or convenient generalization, or pleasant fancy? I allow no facts at this table.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell