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

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Topics: Government Quotes

A new untruth is better than an old truth.

A new untruth is better than an old truth.

It is the province of knowledge to speak and it is the privilege of wisdom...

It is the province of knowledge to speak and it is the privilege of wisdom...

Beware how you take away hope from any human being

Beware how you take away hope from any human being

Man has will, but woman has her way.

Man has will, but woman has her way.

Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see...

Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see...

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.

Knowledge like timber shouldn't be mush use till they are seasoned.

Knowledge like timber shouldn't be mush use till they are seasoned.

Writing or printing is like shooting with a rifle; you may hit your reader's mind,...

Writing or printing is like shooting with a rifle; you may hit your reader's mind,...

Love is the master key opens the gates of happiness.

Love is the master key opens the gates of happiness.

The Amen of nature is always a flower.

The Amen of nature is always a flower.

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

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

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

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

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

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

To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be...

To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be...

Beauty is the index of a larger fact than wisdom.

Beauty is the index of a larger fact than wisdom.

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;...

And silence, like a poultice, comes to heal the blows of sound

And silence, like a poultice, comes to heal the blows of sound

Silence is sometimes the severest criticism

Silence is sometimes the severest criticism

Silence is a friend who will never betray

Silence is a friend who will never betray

Silence is more eloquent than words

Silence is more eloquent than words