Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Topics: Government Quotes

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...

Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimension.

Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimension.

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

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

Society is always trying in some way to grind us down to a single flat...

Society is always trying in some way to grind us down to a single flat...

Love prefers twilight to daylight.

Love prefers twilight to daylight.

Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.

Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.

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...

Rough work, iconoclasm, but the only way to get at truth.

Rough work, iconoclasm, but the only way to get at truth.

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

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

If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than...

If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than...

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

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

I would not give a fig for the simplicity this side of complexity, but I...

I would not give a fig for the simplicity this side of complexity, but I...

Controversy equalizes fools and wise men - and the fools know it.

Controversy equalizes fools and wise men - and the fools know it.

We do not quit playing because we grow old, we grow old because we quit...

We do not quit playing because we grow old, we grow old because we quit...

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.

Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them.

Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them.

It is far from easy to determine whether she (Nature) has proved to man a...

It is far from easy to determine whether she (Nature) has proved to man a...

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;...

Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.

Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.

Never be ashamed of what you feel, you have the right to feel any emotion...

Never be ashamed of what you feel, you have the right to feel any emotion...

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your...

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your...

The prettiest smiles hide the deepest secrets. The prettiest eyes have cried the most tears...

The prettiest smiles hide the deepest secrets. The prettiest eyes have cried the most tears...