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Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes: Man's mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions.
         

Man's mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions.


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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.



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



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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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