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Oliver Wendell Holmes quotes about common

American Writer August 29, 1809 – October 8, 1894

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A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun, and might, if the latter were of an aggravated character, return a verdict of justifiable homicide. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes quote: "The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars,..."
The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes quote: "Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist;..."
Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one, he is a pedant. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes quote: "Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper..."
Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground floor. Oliver Wendell Holmes

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