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Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes
«A few can touch the magic string, and noisy fame is proud to win them: Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them!»
«To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.»
«To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.»
Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes
(Humorist, Physician, Poet, Professor, Writer)
| About:
Doubt,
Principles
| Keywords:
civilized, doubted, first principle, first principles, The Mark, The Mark of
«It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.»
Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes
(Humorist, Physician, Poet, Professor, Writer)
| About:
Knowledge,
Listening,
Speech,
Wisdom
| Keywords:
privilege, province, Provinces of, Province of, The Province
«Most people are willing to take the Sermon on the Mount as a flag to sail under, but few will use it as a rudder by which to steer.»
