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Image of the quote is loading... SaveSave 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. - Quote by 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.

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