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“ ”War, when you are at it, is horrible and dull, it is only when time has passed that you see that its message was divine.
About Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (8 March 1841 – 6 March 1935) was an American jurist and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1902 to 1932; he was often called "The Great Dissenter", and was the son of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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Additional quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.
The man of action has the present, but the thinker controls the future.
Life is an end in itself, and the only question as to whether it is worth living is whether you have had enough of it.