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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 Knowledge like timber shouldn't be mush use till they are seasoned. Quote Right
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Quote Left Life is action and passion therefore, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of the time, at peril of being judged not to have lived. Quote Right
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Quote Left Greatness is not where we stand but in what direction we are moving Quote Right
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Quote Left Grow we must, if we outgrow all that loves us. Quote Right
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Quote Left This is an inquisitive age, and if we insist on piling up beyond a certain height knowledge which is in itself mere trash and lumber to a man whose life is to be one long fight with death and disease, there will be some sharp questions asked by and by. Quote Right
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Book: Shattered Sighs