Maxioms by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Ah, pensive scholar, what is fame?
A fitful tongue of leaping flame;
A giddy whirlwind's fickle gust,
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Ah, pensive scholar, what is fame?
A fitful tongue of leaping flame;
A giddy whirlwind's fickle gust,
That lifts a pinch of mortal dust;
A few swift years, and who can show
Which dust was Bill, and which was Joe?
The hat is the ultimatum moriens of respectability.
The hat is the ultimatum moriens of respectability.
Everything is twice as large, measured on a three-year-old's
three-foot scale on a thirty-year-old's six-foot scale.
Everything is twice as large, measured on a three-year-old's
three-foot scale on a thirty-year-old's six-foot scale.
Science is the topography of ignorance.
Science is the topography of ignorance.
A man must get a thing before he can forget it.
A man must get a thing before he can forget it.
