216 ordspråk av Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend.
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Writing or printing is like shooting with a rifle; you may hit your reader's mind, or miss it - but talking is like playing at a mark with the pipe of an engine; if it is within reach, and you have time enough, you can't help hitting it
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Yes, child of suffering, thou mayst well be sure, He who ordained the Sabbath loves the poor! Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
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You commit a sin of omission if you do not utilize all the power that is within you. All men have claims on man, and to the man with special talents, this is a very special claim. It is required that a man take part in the actions and clashes of his time that the peril of being judged not to have lived at all.
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Young man, the secret of my success is that at an early age I discovered that I was not God,
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Young men know the rules, but old men know the exceptions.
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