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Oliver Wendell Holmes has 184 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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Yes, child of suffering, thou may'st well be sure He who ordained the Sabbath loves the poor!
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We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial, but it is indelible.…
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I would never use a long word, even, where a short one would answer the purpose.
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We call those poets who are first to mark, Through earth's dull mist the coming of the dawn, Who see in twilight's…
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The Indian is but a sketch in red crayon of a rudimental manhood. To the problem of his relation to the white…
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I firmly believe that if the whole material medica, as now used, could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, it…
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Youth longs and manhood strives, but age remembers.
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What we most want to ask of our Maker is an unfolding of the divine purpose in putting human beings into conditions…
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The sea drowns out humanity and time. It has no sympathy with either, for it belongs to eternity; and of that it…
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Whatever comes from the brain carries the hue of the place it came from, and whatever comes from the heart carries the…
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The best servant does his work unseen.
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See how he throws his baited lines about,/And plays his men as anglers play their trout.
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Flower of this purple dye, Hit with Cupid's archery, Sink in apple of his eye.
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Remove the temptation of idleness and Cupid's bow is useless.
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You silly humans make me laugh when you say you're 'not looking for a relationship right now' -as if you had a…
— Carlos Salinas de Gortari
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Stupid cupid keeps on calling me, but I see nothing in his eyes. I miss my babe
— George Michael
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Cupid makes it his sport to pull the warrior's plum.
— Philip Sidney
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Stupid cupid you're a real mean guy, I'd like to pick your wings so you can't fly, I am in love and…
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I believe in love and lust and sex and romance. I don't want everything to add up to some perfect equation. I…
— Barbra Streisand
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My virginity, that from my childhood kept me company, is heavier than I can endure to bear. Forgive me, Cupid, for thou…
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Young Adam Cupid, he that shot so trim, When King Cophetua loved the beggar-maid!
— William Shakespeare
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