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Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes (448 quotes)
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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.” ―Oliver Wendell Holmes Source/Notes: Professor At The Breakfast Table (2007 edition), Reprint Services Corporation - ISBN: 9780781213813 |
| “The very aim and end of our institutions is just this: that we may think what we like and say what we think.” ―Oliver Wendell Holmes Source/Notes: Professor At The Breakfast Table (2007 edition), Reprint Services Corporation - ISBN: 9780781213813 |
| “The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms. Very often it does not know what to do with genius.” ―Oliver Wendell Holmes Source/Notes: The Professor at the Breakfast Table With the Story of Iris (2005 edition), Kessinger Publishing - ISBN: 9781417917921 |
| “Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It was given to us to learn at the outset that life is a profound and passionate thing.” ―Oliver Wendell Holmes Source/Notes: The Fundamental Holmes: A Free Speech Chronicle and Reader - Selections from the Opinions, Books, Articles, Speeches, Letters and Other Writings by and about Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (2010 edition), Cambridge University Press - ISBN: 9780521143899 |
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| Source/Notes: Holmes-Laski letters: the correspondence of Mr. Justice Holmes and Harold J. Laski, 1916-1935 (1963 edition), Scribner Paper Fiction |
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| “Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend.” ―Oliver Wendell Holmes Source/Notes: The Professor at the Breakfast-table: With the Story of Iris (1872 edition) |
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
Born: August 29, 1809
Died: October 8, 1894 (aged 85)
Nationality: American
Occupation: Writer
Bio: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. was an American physician, poet, professor, lecturer, and author. Regarded by his peers as one of the best writers of the 19th century, he is considered a member of the Fireside Poets.
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