Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Quotes
A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve.
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I knew the moment it happened, it was a miracle. I could have been kissing her when she threw up. It would have scarred me for life. I may never have recovered.
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I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.
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I just knew that God wasn't there. He was a man on a throne in Heaven, so he was easy to forget.
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The history of philosophy is not, like the history of the sciences, to be studied with the intellect alone. That which is receptive in us and that which impinges upon us from history is the reality of man's being, unfolding itself in thought.
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The company of fools may first make us smile, but in the end we always feel melancholy.
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I may be helping to bring harmony between people through my music.
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You've heard me call myself a bluesman and a blues singer. I call myself a blues singer, but you ain't never heard me call myself a blues guitar man. Well, that's because there's been so many can do it better'n I can, play the blues better'n me. I think a lot of them have told me things, taught me things.
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I have one. I may get another during the off-season, I might get my son's name but I'm not sure yet. The one I have is my Hebrew name, which I share with my grandfather, and it's not the best tattoo.
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Your man Flavor Flav is living!
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Necessity makes an honest man a knave.
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However careful a tramp may be to avoid places where there is abundant work, he cannot always succeed.
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We always knew how to honor fallen soldiers. They were killed for our sake, they went out on our mission. But how are we to mourn a random man killed in a terrorist attack while sitting in a cafe? How do you mourn a housewife who got on a bus and never returned?
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They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, 'Can he name a kitten?'
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Mankind must be positively and constructively wary of mankind, of their fellow man, of their families, of the members of their faith community, of their fellow-citizens.
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If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
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Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.
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Nobody ever worked as hard as my father. My father averaged maybe four hours of sleep at night, and when you're a kid, you don't realize that. The man was tired. He was tired.
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Just like all great stories, our fears focus our attention on a question that is as important in life as it is in literature: What will happen next?
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There was no measure that required greater caution or more severe scrutiny than one to impose taxes or raise a loan, be the form what it may. I hold that government has no right to do either, except when the public service makes it imperiously necessary, and then only to the extent that it requires.
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I don't think I could think of a single thing that's more isolating than being famous.
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The division of labor among nations is that some specialize in winning and others in losing.
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Wait for it, wait for it! Anticipation is half the fun. So I've been told...
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The air was fragrant with a thousand trodden aromatic herbs, with fields of lavender, and with the brightest roses blushing in tufts all over the meadows.
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A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve.
