Maxioms by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Give us the luxuries of life and we'll dispense with the necessaries.
Give us the luxuries of life and we'll dispense with the necessaries.
We must have a weak spot or two in our character before we can love it much.
We must have a weak spot or two in our character before we can love it much.
Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.
Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.
I always say, as you know, that if my fellow citizens want to go to Hell I will help them. read more
I always say, as you know, that if my fellow citizens want to go to Hell I will help them. It's my job.
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!
