About Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (; August 29, 1809 – October 7, 1894) was an American physician, poet, and polymath based in Boston. Grouped among the fireside poets, he was acclaimed by his peers as one of the best writers of the day. His most famous prose works are the "Breakfast-Table"...
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The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.
Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend.
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There is only one cure for gray hair. It was invented by a Frenchman. It is called the guillotine.
You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old.
The first years of man must make provision for the last.
—Samuel Johnson in The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
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