Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. , American judge
said about Time, Thought, Circumstances, Content, Living, May, Skin, Word...
"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 time in which it is used."
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"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 time in which it is used."- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.