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Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes: An older author is constantly rediscovering himself in the more or less fossilized productions of his earlier years.
         

An older author is constantly rediscovering himself in the more or less fossilized productions of his earlier years.


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All limitations are self-imposed.

All limitations are self-imposed.



Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.

Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.



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A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.



Success. Is not the position where you are standing, but which direction you are going.

Success. Is not the position where you are standing, but which direction you are going.



This is a court of law, not a court of justice.

This is a court of law, not a court of justice.



Rough work, iconoclasm, but the only way to get at truth.

Rough work, iconoclasm, but the only way to get at truth.



My right to swing my fist ends where your nose begins.

My right to swing my fist ends where your nose begins.



I like to pay taxes. With them, I buy civilization.

I like to pay taxes. With them, I buy civilization.



Youth fades, love droops, the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope outlives them all.

Youth fades, love droops, the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope outlives them all.






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In the beginning there were two primal spirits,Twins spontaneously active,These are the Good and the Evil, in thought, and in word, and in deed.

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