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Quote DB :: Authors :: Oliver Wendell Holmes :: View Quote View Quote "The advice of their elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as a list of the hundred best books." - Copy to Clipboard   --  Oliver Wendell Holmes Listed in: Age, Reading Add Quote To Your Quote List   Rating: 3  Rate Quote 4 votes submitted Your Name: Friend's Email: Sponsored Links Top 5 quotes from Oliver Wendell Holmes "The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions." "If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought, not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate." "Old age is fifteen years older than I am." "When in doubt, do it." "The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power." Top 5 quotes from Age, Reading "Our high respect for a well read person is praise enough for literature." "There is no friend as loyal as a book." "This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force." "This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read." "The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them."

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