Oliver Wendell Holmes

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    “The fourth; he broke into a roar;
    The fifth; his waistband split;
    The sixth; he burst five buttons off,
    And tumbled in a fit.”
    —Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894)

    “Speak clearly, if you speak at all;
    Carve every word before you let it fall.”
    —Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894)

    “And if I should live to be
    The last leaf upon the tree
    In the spring,
    Let them smile, as I do now,
    At the old forsaken bough
    Where I cling.”
    —Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894)

    “What I call a good patient is one who, having found a good physician, sticks to him till he dies.”
    —Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894)