Today is the birthday of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (August 29, 1809 – October 7, 1894), physician, professor, lecturer, and author."Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions."
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
"A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve."
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
"I find that the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it— but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor."
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
"The first thing naturally when one enters a scholar's study or library, is to look at his books. One gets a notion very speedily of his tastes and the range of his pursuits by a glance round his book-shelves."
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
"What refuge is there for the victim who is possessed with the feeling that there are a thousand new books he ought to read, while life is only long enough for him to read a hundred?"
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
"It is not often that an opinion is worth expressing, which cannot take care of itself."
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
"A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience."
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
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