Maxioms by Oliver Wendell Holmes
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.
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.
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.
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.
Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation read more
Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.
