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 Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by children Quote Right
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Quote Left The great act of faith is when a man decides he is not God. Quote Right
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Quote Left A great calamity is as old as the trilobites an hour after it has happened. Quote Right
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Quote Left Every real thought on every real subject knocks the wind out of somebody or other. Quote Right
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Quote Left To obtain a man's opinion of you, make him mad. Quote Right
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