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American
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Physician
,
Essayist
&
Poet
August 29, 1809
American
-
Physician
,
Essayist
&
Poet
August 29, 1809
For me at least there came moments when faith wavered. But there is the great lesson and the great triumph: keep the fire burning until by and by out of the mass of sordid details there comes some result.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
When you write in prose you say what you mean. When you write in rhyme you say what you must.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
We expect more of ourselves than we have any right to.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
A man must get a thing before he can forget it.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
People who honestly mean to be true really contradict themselves much more rarely than those who try to be "consistent."
Oliver Wendell Holmes
When I feel inclined to read poetry I take down my dictionary. The poetry of words is quite as beautiful as the poetry of sentences.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Men are idolaters and want something to look at and kiss and hug or throw themselves down before they always did they always will and if you don't make it of wood you must make it of words.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Apology - a desperate habit and one that is rarely cured.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Rough work iconoclasm but the only way to get at the truth.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
When the style is fully formed if it has a sweet undersong we call it beautiful and the writer may do what he likes in words or syntax.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
A general flavour of mild decay but nothing local as one may say.
Oliver Wendell Holmes