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Oliver Wendell Holmes

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One of the best regarded American poets of the 19th century.. American physician poet professor lecturer and author


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Quote Left A goose flies by a chart which the Royal Geographical Society could not mend. Quote Right
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Quote Left Several years before birth, advertise for a couple of parents belonging to long-lived families. Quote Right
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Quote Left The life of the law has not been logic but experience. Quote Right
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Quote Left Speak not too well of one who scarce will know himself transfigured in its roseate glow; Say kindly of him what is, chiefly, true, remembering always he belongs to you; Deal with him as a truant, if you will, But claim him, keep him, call him brother still! Quote Right
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Quote Left Controversy equalizes fools and wise men - and the fools know it. Quote Right
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Book: Reflection on the Important Things