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Writer Oliver Wendell Holmes was born on 29th August 1809 AD. A British citizen, Oliver Wendell Holmes was born in United Arab Emirates. He was also called Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. was 85 years old when he died on 7th October 1894 AD. In his life Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. was famous not only for his work but also for quotations and sayings, some of which are quite popular and listed here.

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To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.	Tweet
Love is the master key which opens the gates of happiness.	Tweet
A few can touch the magic string, and noisy fame is proud to win them: Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them.	Tweet
A goose flies by a chart which the Royal Geographical Society could not mend.	Tweet
A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve.	Tweet
A new untruth is better than an old truth.	Tweet
A person is always startled when he hears himself called old for the first time.	Tweet
A thought is often original, though you have uttered it a hundred times.	Tweet
Apology is only egotism wrong side out.	Tweet
Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see no remedy but force.	Tweet
The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men - from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms.	Tweet
But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.	Tweet
Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse. One comfort we have - Cincinnati sounds worse.	Tweet
Controversy equalizes fools and wise men - and the fools know it.	Tweet
Don't be "consistent" but be simple true.	Tweet
Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one, he is a pedant.	Tweet
Every calling is great when greatly pursued.	Tweet

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