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Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes
«The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the more it will contract.»
«Stillness and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding. Vulgar persons can't sit still, or at least must always work their limbs and features.»
«What a comfort a dull but kindly person is, to be sure, at times! A ground-glass shade over a gas-lamp does not bring more solace to our dazzled eyes than such a one to our minds.»
Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes
(Humorist, Physician, Poet, Professor, Writer)
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dazzled, gas lamp, glass eye, ground glass
«God's plan made a hopeful beginning. But man spoiled his chances by sinning. We trust that the story will end in God's glory. But, at present, the other side's winning.»
«Old books, you know well, are books of the world's youth, and new books are the fruits of its age.»
«Speak not too well of one who scarce will know himself transfigured in its roseate glow; Say kindly of him what is, chiefly, true, remembering always he belongs to you; Deal with him as a truant, if you will, But claim him, keep him, call him brother still!»