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Oliver Wendell Holmes

"Young man, the secret of my success is that at early age I discovered that I was not God."

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"Young man, the secret of my success is that at early age I discovered that I was not God."

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"He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines."

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"The seeker after truth should be humbler than the dust. The world crushes the dust under its feet, but the seeker after truth should so humble himself that even the dust could crush him. Only then, and not till then, will he have a glimpse of truth."

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"I pray that I am never so foolishly naive or roguishly pompous to think that I can be the captain of my own ship, for if God is not at the helm my ship will soon be at the bottom."

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"I hate being placed on committees. They are always having meetings at which half are absent and the rest late."
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