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«The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.»
Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes
(Humorist, Physician, Poet, Professor, Writer)
| About:
Growth,
Motivational,
Progress
«Every calling is great when greatly pursued.»
«Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.»
«It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.»
Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes
(Humorist, Physician, Poet, Professor, Writer)
| About:
Enthusiasm,
Faith,
Life
| Keywords:
enthusiasm
«If I were dying my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown end»
«Stupidity often saves a man from going mad.»
«Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.»
Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes
(Humorist, Physician, Poet, Professor, Writer)
| About:
Courtesy,
Friendship,
Relationships,
Tact
| Keywords:
authorize, authorized, authorizes, authorizing, be intimate, come into, courtesies, courtesy, disagreeable, disagreeable person, flatter, flat out, intimates, intimate with, intimating, nearer, necessary, relation, tact
«Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.»
«Why can't somebody give us a list of things that everybody thinks and nobody says, and another list of things that everybody says and nobody thinks.»
«Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light»
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