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My right to swing my fist ends where your nose begins.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Age: 93 †
Born: 1841
Born: March 8
Died: 1935
Died: March 6
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I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it, but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.
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We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe.
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Men, like peaches and pears, grow sweet a little while before they begin to decay.
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Knowledge and timber shouldn't be much used till they are seasoned.
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