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Quotes from Urania: A Rhymed Lesson — Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

1809–1894 United States

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And when you stick on conversation’s burrs,
Don't strew your pathway with those dreadful urs.

Urania: A Rhymed Lesson (1846)

Faith loves to lean on time's destroying arm,
And age, like distance, lends a double charm.

Urania: A Rhymed Lesson (1846)

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