Why can't somebody give us a list of things that everybody … - Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Why can't somebody give us a list of things that everybody thinks and nobody says, and another list of things that everybody says and nobody thinks?

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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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Why can't somebody give us a list of things that everybody thinks and nobody says, and another list of things that everybody says and nobody thinks? - Oliver Wendell Holmes

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