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Oliver Wendell Holmes

This is a court of law young man, not a court of justice.
Law | Oliver Wendell Holmes quote

Happiness consists in activity. It is running steam, not a stagnant pool.
Happiness | Oliver Wendell Holmes quote

It is the province of knowledge to speak and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
Knowledge | Oliver Wendell Holmes quote

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.
Oliver Wendell Holmes quote

A person is always startled when he hears himself seriously called an old man for the first time.
Oliver Wendell Holmes quote

Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.
Oliver Wendell Holmes quote

Civilization is the process of reducing the infinite to the finite.
Oliver Wendell Holmes quote

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.
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American writer and poet


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