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Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Quotes: The great thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are going.
         

The great thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are going.


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Fame is the scentless sunflower, with gaudy crown of gold; But friendship is the rose, with sweets in every fold.

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