Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Quote

A sick man that gets talking about himself, a woman that gets talking about her baby, and an author that begins reading out of his own book, never know when to stop.


The Poet at the Breakfast Table (1872)


A sick man that gets talking about himself, a woman that gets talking about her baby, and an author that begins reading out of his own book, never...

A sick man that gets talking about himself, a woman that gets talking about her baby, and an author that begins reading out of his own book, never...

A sick man that gets talking about himself, a woman that gets talking about her baby, and an author that begins reading out of his own book, never...

A sick man that gets talking about himself, a woman that gets talking about her baby, and an author that begins reading out of his own book, never...