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: Courtesy Quotes, Friendship Quotes, Relationships Quotes, Tact Quotes

There is something frightful in the way in which not only characteristic qualities, but particular...

There is something frightful in the way in which not only characteristic qualities, but particular...

The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms. Very often it does...

The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms. Very often it does...

Man has will, but woman has her way.

Man has will, but woman has her way.

Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which...

Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which...

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.

Most people are willing to take the Sermon on the Mount as a flag to...

Most people are willing to take the Sermon on the Mount as a flag to...

There are a good many real miseries in life that we cannot help smiling at,...

There are a good many real miseries in life that we cannot help smiling at,...

Laughter and tears are meant to turn the wheels of the same machinery of sensibility;...

Laughter and tears are meant to turn the wheels of the same machinery of sensibility;...

Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.

Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.

Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than in the one where they...

Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than in the one where they...

Apology is only egotism wrong side out.

Apology is only egotism wrong side out.

Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding.

Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding.

The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men -...

The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men -...

Consciously or unconsciously we all strive to make the kind of a world we like

Consciously or unconsciously we all strive to make the kind of a world we like

Grow we must, if we outgrow all that loves us.

Grow we must, if we outgrow all that loves us.

Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.

Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.

Old time, in whose banks we deposit our notes, Is a miser who always wants...

Old time, in whose banks we deposit our notes, Is a miser who always wants...

A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot...

A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot...

The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated.

The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated.

The happiness that is genuinely satisfying is accompanied by the fullest exercise of our faculties...

The happiness that is genuinely satisfying is accompanied by the fullest exercise of our faculties...