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Quotes from The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table — Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

1809–1894 United States

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Controversy equalizes fools and wise men — and the fools know it.

The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table (1858)

I made a comparison at table some time since, which has often been quoted, and received many compliments. It was that of the mind of a bigot to the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the more it contracts.

The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table (1858)

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