I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general propositions - adding that no general proposition is worth a damn. (Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.)

I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general propositions - adding that no general proposition is worth a damn.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

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