"Every now and then a man's mind..." - Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr
Every now and then a man's mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions.
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“A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun, and might, if the latter were of an aggravated character, return a verdict of justifiable homicide.”
“To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old.”
“A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve.”