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Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes: To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.
         

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.


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