Life is a fatal complaint, and an eminently contagious one. - Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Life is a fatal complaint, and an eminently contagious one.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

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About Oliver Wendell Holmes

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (29 August 1809 – 8 October 1894) was an American physician, writer, poet, and the father of US Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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