Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksu… - Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that were not so.

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (8 March 1841 – 6 March 1935) was an American jurist and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1902 to 1932; he was often called "The Great Dissenter", and was the son of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

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Alternative Names: Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. • Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr • Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. • Oliver Wendell, Jr. Holmes • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr • Oliver Wendell Holmes, jr. • Oliver W. Holmes Jr. • Oliver Holmes Jr. • Oliver Holmes • Oliver W. Holmes

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if one of two or more joint wrongdoers has to pay all the damages, he cannot recover contribution from his fellows.

Whatever disagreement there may be as to the scope of the phrase "due process of law" there can be no doubt that it embraces the fundamental conception of a fair trial, with opportunity to be heard.

El estudio racional del derecho es todavía en gran medida el estudio de la historia.

Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that were not so. - Oliver Wendell Holmes

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