266 Quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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

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    October, the extravagant sister, has ordered an immense amount of the most gorgeous forest tapestry for her grand reception.

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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

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    Boston has opened and kept open, more turnpikes that lead straight to free thought and free speech and free deeds than any other city of live or dead men.

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