You may set it down as a truth which admits of few exceptions, that those who ask your opinion really want your praise, and will be contented with nothing less
(The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, 1858)
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future. It is by little things that we know ourselves. A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.
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