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Physician

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. was an American physician, poet, and writer who made significant contributions to the field of medicine and influenced American literature and culture. He was a pioneer in the use of ether as an anesthetic and a leading figure in the medical community of his time.

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“Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out.”

People Knows Life Inspirational Stills Running Death Dies Ready Seize The Day One Tree Hill Voiceover Tree Hill One Tree Hill Opening Short One Tree Hill One Tree Hill Life One Tree Hill Love One Tree Hill Death One Tree Hill Inspirational

Author:Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

“Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.”

“Memory is a net: one that finds it full of fish when he takes it from the brook, but a dozen miles of water have run through it without sticking.”

Running Water Memories Fishes Miles Dozen Brooks Fish Tanks

Book:The Autocrat of the Breakfast-table: Every Man His Own Boswell

Source: The Autocrat of the Breakfast-table: Every Man His Own Boswell

“Every event that a man would master must be mounted on the run, and no man ever caught the reins of a thought except as it galloped past him.”

Thinking Men Running Past Events Masters Caught Reins

Book:From Day to Day with Holmes

Source: From Day to Day with Holmes

“Death tugs at my ear and says, 'Live. I am coming.”

Author:Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

About the Author

Born: August 29, 1809
Died: October 7, 1894
Known for: Physician
Quotes: 120

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