Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Quotes
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A mind that is stretched by a new idea can never go back to its original dimensions.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
He comes of the Brahmin caste of New England. This is the harmless, inoffensive, untitled aristocracy.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Every person's feelings have a front-door and a side-door by which they may be entered.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
The brightest blades grow dim with rust,
The fairest meadow white with snow.
The fairest meadow white with snow.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall;
A mother's secret hope outlives them all.
A mother's secret hope outlives them all.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
What I call a good patient is one, who having found a good physician, sticks to him till he dies.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.