| Life, not the parson, teaches conduct. |
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- Oliver Wendell, Jr. Holmes |
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| Most of the things we do, we do for no better reason than that our fathers have done them or that our neighbors do them, and the same is true of a larger part than we suspect of what we think. |
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- Oliver Wendell, Jr. Holmes |
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| The character of every act depends upon the circumstance in which it is done. |
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- Oliver Wendell, Jr. Holmes |
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| From forty to fifty a man must move upward, or the natural falling off in the vigor of life will carry him rapidly downward. |
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- Oliver Wendell, Jr. Holmes |
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