Maxioms by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Speak not too well of one who scarce will know Himself transfigured in its roseate glow; Say kindly of him read more
Speak not too well of one who scarce will know Himself transfigured in its roseate glow; Say kindly of him what is, chiefly, true, Remembering always he belongs to you; Deal with him as a truant, if you will, But claim him, keep him, call him brother still!
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.
I think that, as life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the read more
I think that, as life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of his time at peril of being judged not to have lived.
Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.
Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.
Simple people ... are very quick to see the live facts which are going on about them.
Simple people ... are very quick to see the live facts which are going on about them.
