Language is the blood of the ...

Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.
 Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

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Youth fades, love droops, the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope outlives them all.
 Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men - from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms.
 Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.
 Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.
 Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future.
 Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.