Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Quotes About Certainty

Quotes about: Certainty

• We have been cocksure of many things that were not so.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

  Certainty, Has Beens, Certitude

  Harvard Law Review Natural Law Volume 32, Number 1, November 1918 (p. 40)

• Certainty generally is illusion, and repose is not the destiny of man.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

  Learning, Destiny, Men

  "The Path of the Law" (1897)

• Certitude is not the test of certainty.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

  Learning, Tests, Certainty

  Harvard Law Review Natural Law Volume 32, Number 1, November 1918 (p. 40)

• The language of judicial decision is mainly the language of logic. And the logical method and form flatter that longing for certainty and for repose which is in every human mind. But certainty generally is illusion, and repose is not the destiny of man.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

  Men, Destiny, Decision

  "The Path of the Law" (1897)

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