Holmes, Oliver Wendell (Oliver Wendell Holmes)

To be master of any branch of knowledge, you must master those which lie next to it; and thus to know anything you must know all.
-- Oliver Wendell Holmes

A mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.
-- Oliver Wendell Holmes

Except in cases of necessity, which are rare, leave your friend to learn unpleasant things from his enemies; they are ready enough to tell them.
-- Oliver Wendell Holmes

A moment's insight is sometimes worth more than a life's experience.

Professor at the Breakfast Table Wit


-- Oliver Wendell Holmes

It is the province of knowledge to speak and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.

Poet at the Breakfast Table, His Talks with His Fellow Boarders and the Reader
-- Oliver Wendell Holmes

Every calling is great when greatly pursued.
-- Oliver Wendell Holmes


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