Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Quotes:
Ocupation: Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Life: March 8, 1841 - March 6, 1935
Birthday: March 8
Death: March 6
When a man holds his tongue it does not signify much. But when a woman dispenses with the office of the mighty member, when she sheathed her natural weapon at a trying moment, it means that she trusts to still more formidable enginery; to tears it may be, a solvent more powerful than that with which Hannibal softened the alpine rocks.
topic: Powerful, Women, Mean, Alpine
