"To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man."

-- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

#Humility Quotes #Men Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“No man ought to commit his life into the hands of that Physician, who is ignorant of Astrologic: because he is a Physician of no value.”
“You wish, or rather, have decided, to remove a splinter from someone? Very well, but do not go after it with a stick instead of a lancet for you will only drive it deeper. Rough speech and harsh gestures are the stick, while even-tempered instruction and patient reprimand are the lancet. 'Reprove, rebuke, exhort,' says the Apostle (II Tim. 4:2), not 'batter'.”
“I wanted to be a part of something special and contributing to the launch of a new league was very exciting to me.”
“Tis I that call, remember Milo's end, Wedged in that timber which he strove to rend.”
“We fell in love last night. He's the coolest guy.”
“You find sprinters testing other sprinters' mental capability. But these are my good friends on the track. I don't think we need to do that.”
“There is no better way to know us Than as two wolves, come separately to a wood.”

Source : Ted Hughes (2009). “The Hawk in the Rain”, p.21, Faber & Faber
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