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America is the only place where man is full-grown!
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
Age: 85 †
Born: 1809
Born: August 29
Died: 1894
Died: October 7
Medical Writer
Novelist
Physician
Physician Writer
Poet
University Teacher
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Sr.
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Grown
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America
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Simple people... are very quick to see the live facts which are going on about them.
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It is a good plan to have a book with you in all places and at all times. If you are presently without, hurry without delay to the nearest shop and buy one of mine.
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Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.
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Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.
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The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.
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But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.
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Yes, child of suffering, thou may'st well be sure He who ordained the Sabbath loves the poor!
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Speak clearly, if you speak at all carve every word before you let it fall.
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Cupid the little greatest enemy.
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