As it can be maintained that all the great advances have come from men under forty, so the history of the world shows that a very large proportion of the evils may be traced to the sexagenarians, nearly all the great mistakes politically and socially, all of the worst poems, most of the bad pictures, a majority of the bad novels and not a few of the bad sermons and speeches.


Aequanimitas, with Other Addresses to Medical Students, Nurses and Practitioners of Medicine (ed. 1926)

William Osler Quotes

As it can be maintained that all the great advances have come from men under forty, so the history of the world shows that a very large proportion of ...

As it can be maintained that all the great advances have come from men under forty, so the history of the world shows that a very large proportion of ...

As it can be maintained that all the great advances have come from men under forty, so the history of the world shows that a very large proportion of ...

As it can be maintained that all the great advances have come from men under forty, so the history of the world shows that a very large proportion of ...