The character of every act depends on the circumstances in which it is
done. The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect
a man in falsely shouting fire in a theater and causing a panic.
-- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841-1935)
done. The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect
a man in falsely shouting fire in a theater and causing a panic.
-- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841-1935)
Related:
- Every calling is great when greatly pursued.
--
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr... - No generalization is wholly true, not even this one.
Oliver Wendell Holmes jr... - As life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should
share the passion and action of his time,
at the peril of being not to have lived. -- Oliver... - Love is the master key which opens the gates of happiness.
Oliver Wendell... - The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.
Oliver Wendell... - To obtain a man's opinion of you, make him mad.
--
Oliver Wendell... - A person's mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original
dimensions.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841... - Any two philosophers can tell each other all they know in two hours.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr... - What is true is what I can't help believing.
--
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr...
From the same category:
- If you wait,
it will go away... - Man who drop watch in toilet bound to have
shitty time... - Bug off, Banana Nose;
Relieve mine eyes... - In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
--
Albert... - The victors invariably write the history to their own advantage.
Picard, "Contagion", stardate 42609...
