Why can't somebody give us a list of things that everybody thinks and nobody says, and another list of things that everybody says and nobody thinks.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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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...

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...

The man flaps about with a bunch of feathers: the woman goes to work softly...

The man flaps about with a bunch of feathers: the woman goes to work softly...

Don't be consistent but be simple true.

Don't be consistent but be simple true.

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...

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.

Every event that a man would master must be mounted on the run, and no...

Every event that a man would master must be mounted on the run, and no...

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.

But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.

But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.

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...

Husband and wife come to look alike at last

Husband and wife come to look alike at last

The woman cries before the wedding; the man afterward.

The woman cries before the wedding; the man afterward.

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...

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

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

Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts

Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts

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...

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...

It is funny about life: if you refuse to accept anything but the very best...

It is funny about life: if you refuse to accept anything but the very best...

This is the fourth?

This is the fourth?

Love is the seed of all hope. It is the enticement to trust, to risk,...

Love is the seed of all hope. It is the enticement to trust, to risk,...

Precisely this vanity of vanities which is the mans dream, the Illusion of his Life...

Precisely this vanity of vanities which is the mans dream, the Illusion of his Life...