Failure Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

“Every idea is an incitement. It offers itself for belief and if believed it is acted on unless some other belief outweighs it or some failure of energy stifles the movement at birth. Eloquence may set fire to reason.” quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr — Download Open image

““Every idea is an incitement. It offers itself for belief and if believed it is acted on unless some other belief outweighs it or some failure of energy stifles the movement at birth. Eloquence may set fire to reason.””

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

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