Quotation added by staff

Why not add this quote to your bookmarks?

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and the time in which it is used.   Holmes, Oliver Wendell

Source: Justice OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, Towne v. Eisner, 245 U.S. 425 . · Excerpt from A Study of Poetry · This quote is about words · Search on Google Books to find all references and sources for this quotation.

• Biography
• 2 Fans
• This quote in blogs