Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Topics: Friendship Quotes

Every real thought on every real subject knocks the wind out of somebody or other.

Every real thought on every real subject knocks the wind out of somebody or other.

Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The...

Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The...

Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics of the...

Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics of the...

Greatness is not in where we stand, but in what direction we are moving. We...

Greatness is not in where we stand, but in what direction we are moving. We...

For him in vain the envious seasons roll, Who bears eternal summer in his soul.

For him in vain the envious seasons roll, Who bears eternal summer in his soul.

He has half the deed done who has made a beginning.

He has half the deed done who has made a beginning.

Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtaxed.

Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtaxed.

The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.

The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.

To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.

To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.

Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.

Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.

The main part of intellectual education is not the acquisition of facts but learning how...

The main part of intellectual education is not the acquisition of facts but learning how...

The books we read should be chosen with great care, that they may be, as...

The books we read should be chosen with great care, that they may be, as...

A man's mind stretched by a new idea can never go back to its original...

A man's mind stretched by a new idea can never go back to its original...

Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each...

Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each...

To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.

To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.

Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust

Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust

When in doubt, do it.

When in doubt, do it.

If a hug represented how much I loved you, I would hold you in my...

If a hug represented how much I loved you, I would hold you in my...

Teach only love for that is what you are.

Teach only love for that is what you are.

Are you ready to cut off your head and place your foot on it? If...

Are you ready to cut off your head and place your foot on it? If...

Gratitude, like love, is never a dependable international emotion.

Gratitude, like love, is never a dependable international emotion.