Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Quotes & Sayings (Page 8)

“A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun, and might, if the latter were of an aggravated character, return a verdict of justifiable homicide.”

“Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else - very rarely to those who say to themselves, 'Go to, now, let us be a celebrated individual!'.”

“A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve.”