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Image of the quote is loading... SaveSave Every real thought on every real subject knocks the wind out of somebody or other. - Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Every real thought on every real subject knocks the wind out of somebody or other.

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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.
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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.
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Rough work iconoclasm but the only way to get at the truth.
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Take your needle my child and work at your pattern it will come out a rose by and by. Life is like that one stitch at a time taken patiently and the pattern will come out all right like embroidery.
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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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We expect more of ourselves than we have any right to.
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When you write in prose you say what you mean. When you write in rhyme you say what you must.
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