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• You think they are crusaders sent From some infernal clime, To pluck the eyes of sentiment And dock the tail of Rhyme, To crack the voice of Melody And break the legs of Time.
  -- Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894) -- The Music-Grinde...
• Like sentinel and nun, they keep Their vigil on the green.
  -- Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894) -- The Cambridge Churchyard...
• The axis of the earth sticks out visibly through the centre of each and every town or city.
  -- Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894) -- The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table, vi...
• The axis of the earth sticks out visibly through the centre of each and every town or city.
  Oliver Wendell Holmes ['The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table',1858]...
• Run, if you like, but try to keep your breath; Work like a man, but don't be worked to death.
  -- Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr....
• The mind of the bigot is like the pupil of the eye.
  The more light you pour upon it, the more it will contract....
• People that make puns are like wanton boys that put coppers on the railroad tracks.
  -- Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894) -- The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table, i...
• A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience. -- Oliver Wendell Holme
• Every calling is great when greatly pursued. -- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.