Quote by: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

To be civilized is to be potentially master of all possible ideas, and that means that one has got beyond being shocked, although one preserves one's own moral aesthetic preferences.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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Author Bio

  • NameOliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
  • DescriptionUnited States Supreme Court justice
  • AliasesOliver Wendell Holmes Jr.; Oliver W. Holmes, Jr.; Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr; Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr.; Oliver Wendell, Jr. Holmes; Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr; Oliver Holmes, Jr.; Oliver Wendell Holmes, jr.
  • BornMarch 8, 1841
  • DiedMarch 6, 1935
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionJurist; Judge; Lawyer