Maxioms by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
A man must get a thing before he can forget it.
A man must get a thing before he can forget it.
I know it is a sin
For me to sit and grin
At him here;
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I know it is a sin
For me to sit and grin
At him here;
But the old three-cornered hat
And the breeches and all that
Are so queer.
Science is the topography of ignorance.
Science is the topography of ignorance.
Grave is the Master's look; his forehead wears
Thick rows of wrinkles, prints of worrying cares:
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Grave is the Master's look; his forehead wears
Thick rows of wrinkles, prints of worrying cares:
Uneasy lies the heads of all that rule,
His worst of all whose kingdom is a school.
Supreme he sits; before the awful frown
That binds his brows the boldest eye goes down;
Not more submissive Israel heard and saw
At Sinai's foot the Giver of the Law.