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Oliver Wendell Holmes quotes

American Writer August 29, 1809 – October 8, 1894

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Oliver Wendell Holmes quote: "I don't generally feel anything until noon, then it's time for..."
I don't generally feel anything until noon, then it's time for my nap. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes quote: "A person is always startled when he hears himself called old..."
A person is always startled when he hears himself called old for the first time. Oliver Wendell Holmes
A few can touch the magic string, and noisy fame is proud to win them: Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them! Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes quote: "A thought is often original, though you have uttered it a..."
A thought is often original, though you have uttered it a hundred times. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Memories, imagination, old sentiments, and associations are more readily reached through the sense of smell than through any other channel. Oliver Wendell Holmes
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: "Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent..."
Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see no remedy but force. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes quote: "Beware how you take away hope from another human being."
Beware how you take away hope from another human being. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes quote: "To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and..."
To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes quote: "Controversy equalizes fools and wise men - and the fools know it."
Controversy equalizes fools and wise men - and the fools know it. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes quote: "If I were dying my last words would be: Have faith and pursue..."
If I were dying my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown end. 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
If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought, not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes quote: "To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and..."
To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes quote: "Simple people... are very quick to see the live facts which..."
Simple people... are very quick to see the live facts which are going on about them. Oliver Wendell Holmes

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