Quotes of Holmes, Oliver Wendell
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To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man. |
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Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become. |
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I think that, as life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of his time at peril of being judged not to have lived |
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The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer. |
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Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend. |
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Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future. |
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We do not quit playing because we grow old, we grow old because we quit playing. |
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Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness. |
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It is very lonely sometimes, trying to play God. |
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Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness. |
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