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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 One's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions. Quote Right
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Quote Left People who honestly mean to be true really contradict themselves much more rarely than those who try to be ''consistent.'' Quote Right
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Quote Left Every library should try to be complete on something, if it were only the history of pinheads. Quote Right
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Quote Left It is very lonely sometimes, trying to play God. Quote Right
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Quote Left The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in which direction we are moving. Quote Right
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Book: Reflection on the Important Things