Quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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

#Government

Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by children.

#Children, #Truth

A new untruth is better than an old truth.

#Truth

If truth were not often suggested by error, if old implements could not be adjusted...

#Truth

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

#Education

Love prefers twilight to daylight

#Love, #Romantic Love

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

#Friendship

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

#Friendship

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

#Laughter

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

#Money

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

#Books

Beauty is only skin deep... but dont tell an ugly person that

#Beauty