Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the f…

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
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Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future. ✨ Oliver Wendell Holmes (2007). Professor At The Breakfast Table, p.31, Reprint Services Corporation
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Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future. ✨ Oliver Wendell Holmes (2007). Professor At The Breakfast Table, p.31, Reprint Services Corporation

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