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Wendell Phillips:Insurrection of thought always

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Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.
by Wendell Phillips


Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.:Nothing is so

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Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.
by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.


Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.:The advice of their

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The advice of their elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as a list of the hundred best books.
by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.


Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.:Sin has many tools,

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Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.
by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.


Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.:Men do not quit

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Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing.
by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.


Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.:To have doubted one's

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To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.
by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.


Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.:Fashion is only the

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Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse.
by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.


Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.:Rough work,

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Rough work, iconoclasm, - but the only way to get at truth.
by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.


Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.:The correlative to

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The correlative to loving our neighbors as ourselves is hating ourselves as we hate our neighbors.
by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.


Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.:The wit knows that his

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The wit knows that his place is at the tail of a procession.
by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.


Wendell L. Wilkie:A good catchword can obscure

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A good catchword can obscure analysis for fifty years.
by Wendell L. Wilkie


Wendell L. Wilkie:Today it is not big business

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Today it is not big business that we have to fear. It is big government.
by Wendell L. Wilkie


Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.:Youth fades; love

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Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; a mother's secret hope outlives them all!
by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.


Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.:Take a music bath once

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Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water-bath is to the body.
by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.


Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.:All generous minds

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All generous minds have a horror of what are commonly called "Facts". They are the brute beasts of the intellectual domain.
by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.


Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.:A woman never forgets

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A woman never forgets her sex. She would rather talk with a man than an angel, any day.
by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.


Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.:Truth is tough. It

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Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day, like a football, and it will be round and full at evening.
by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.


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