Leverage is everything,--was what I used to say;--don't begin to pry till you have got the long arm on your side.
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Elsie Venner by
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Beliefs must be lived in for a good while, before they accommodate themselves to the soul's wants, and wear loose enough to be comfortable.
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Elsie Venner by
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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.
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Elsie Venner by
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.