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The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. was an American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1902 to 1932, and as Acting Chief Justice of the United States in January–February 1930.

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