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Give us the luxuries of life and we'll dispense with the necessaries.

Give us the luxuries of life and we'll dispense with the necessaries.

by Oliver Wendell Holmes Found in: Luxury Quotes,
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To have doubted one's own first principles, is the mark of a civilized man.

To have doubted one's own first principles, is the mark of a civilized man.

by Oliver Wendell Holmes Found in: Doubt Quotes,
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If a man is in a minority of one, we lock him up.

If a man is in a minority of one, we lock him up.

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I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we read more

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it, but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.

by Oliver Wendell Holmes Found in: Action Quotes,
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Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle that fits them all.

Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle that fits them all.

by Oliver Wendell Holmes Found in: Lying Quotes,
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