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Title: Quotes and Images From Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Edited and Arranged by David Widger

Release Date: September 3, 2004 [EBook #7545]
[Last updated on February 17, 2007]

Language: English

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Produced by David Widger

QUOTES AND IMAGES FROM O. W. HOLMES, SR.

OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES

Editor's Note
This is the physician and poet, not his son of the same name who was a
Supreme Court Justice and famous in his own right. Very early on Dr.
Holmes became my mentor and guide in the philosophy of medicine.
Though his world-wide fame was based on his prose and poetry, he was
an eminent leader in medicine. Many--too many years ago I would often
assign Holmes' "Medical Essays" to a medical student whose sharp edges
of science needed some rounding-off with a touch of humanity. I have no
longer the privilege of assigning anything to anybody, yet encourage any
of you, especially any who may be physicians, to read the thoughts of a
family doctor of the early 1800's.

A misprint kills a sensitive author

Absolute, peremptory facts are bullies

Advised every literary man to have a
profession.

Afraid of books who have not handled
them from infancy

Age and neglect united gradually

Agreed on certain ultimata of belief

Algebraic symbols of minds which have
grown too weak

All his geese are swans

All men are bores, except when we want
them

All men love all women

All the forms of moral excellence,
except truth

All want to reach old age and grumble
when they get it

And now we two are walking the long
path in peace together

Another privilege of talking is to
misquote

Arc in the movement of a large
intellect

As I understand truth

As to clever people's hating each other

As a child, he should have tumbled
about in a library

Asked Solon what made him dare to be so
obstinate

Assume a standard of judgment in our