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Image of the quote is loading... SaveSave Every now and then a man's mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions. - Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

Every now and then a man’s mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions.

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