If a man has a genuine, sincere, hearty wish to get rid of his liberty, if he is really bent upon becoming a slave, nothing can stop him. And the temptation is to some natures a very great one. Liberty is often a heavy burden on a man. It involves that necessity for perpetual choice which is the kind of labor men have always dreaded. In common life we shirk it by forming habits, which take the place of self-determination.
(Elsie Venner, 1859)
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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