Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes

An artist that works in marble or colors has them all to himself and his tribe, but the man who molds his thoughts in verse has to employ the materials vulgarized by everybody's use, and glorify them by his handling.

- Oliver Wendell Holmes

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