"The young man knows the rules, but..." - Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr
The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.
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“Life as we call it, is nothing but the edge of the boundless ocean of existence when it comes upon soundings.”
“Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground-floor. But if a man hasn't got plenty of good common sense, the more science he has, the worse for his patient.”
“Grow we must, if we outgrow all that loves us.”
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“That is no country for old men. The young In one another's arms, birds in the trees - Those dying generations-at their song, The salmon-falls, the mackerel-crowded seas, Fish, flesh, or fowl, commend all summer long Whatever is begotten, born, and dies. Caught in that sensual music all neglect Monuments of unaging intellect.”
“It takes a long time to become young.”
“The heat of youth is not more opposed to safety than the coldness of age.”