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Oliver Wendell Holmes Facts
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. was an American physician, poet, professor, lecturer, and author. Regarded by his peers as one of the best writers of the 19th century, he is considered a member of the Fireside Poets. His most famous prose works are the "Breakfast-Table" series, which began with The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table (1858). He is also recognized as an important medical reformer. (1809 – 1894) |
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Quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes
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Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.
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Have the courage to act instead of react.
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He has half the deed done who has made a beginning.
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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.
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Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out.
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Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing.
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Old age is fifteen years older than I am.
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The advice of the elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as a list of the hundred best books.
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The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.
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The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.
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To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.
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When in doubt, do it.
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