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Men do not quit playing because …

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Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing. Holmes Sr., Oliver Wendell

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Nothing is so common-place as to…

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Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable. Holmes Sr., Oliver Wendell

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Rough work, iconoclasm, – but th…

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Rough work, iconoclasm, – but the only way to get at truth. Holmes Sr., Oliver Wendell

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Take a music bath once or twice …

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Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water-bath is to the body. Holmes Sr., Oliver Wendell

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The correlative to loving our ne…

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The correlative to loving our neighbors as ourselves is hating ourselves as we hate our neighbors. Holmes Sr., Oliver Wendell

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The wit knows that his place is …

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The wit knows that his place is at the tail of a procession. Holmes Sr., Oliver Wendell

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To have doubted one’s own first …

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To have doubted one’s own first principles is the mark of a civilized man. Holmes Sr., Oliver Wendell

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Truth is tough. It will not bre…

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Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day, like a football, and it will be round and full at evening. Holmes Sr., Oliver Wendell

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Youth fades; love droops; the le…

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Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; a mother’s secret hope outlives them all! Holmes Sr., Oliver Wendell

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