266 Quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes
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I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general propositions - adding that no general proposition is worth a damn.
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A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.
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The mind of a bigot to the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the more it contracts.
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Don't be 'consistent,' but be simply true.
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Don't you stay at home of evenings? Don't you love a cushioned seat in a corner, by the fireside, with your slippers on your feet?
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Whatever comes from the brain carries the hue of the place it came from, and whatever comes from the heart carries the heat and color of its birthplace.
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Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.
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Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.
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You may have genius. The contrary is, of course, probable.
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