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Time Quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
- A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content…
- Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It was given to us to learn at the outset that…
- It seems to me that at this time we need education in the obvious more than investigation of the obscure.
- I despise making the most of one's time. Half of the pleasures of life consist of the opportunities one has neglected.
- Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.
- The riders in a race do not stop when they reach the goal. There is a little finishing canter before coming to a standstill. There…
- It seems to me that at this time we need education in the obvious more than the investigation of the obscure.
- As life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of his time, at the…
- Life is action and passion; therefore, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of the time, at peril…
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