Maxioms by Oliver Wendell Holmes
I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we read more
I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it, but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.
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.
A man may fulfil the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task read more
A man may fulfil the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve.
The very minute a thought is threatened with publicity it seems to shrink towards mediocrity.
The very minute a thought is threatened with publicity it seems to shrink towards mediocrity.
It is the province of knowledge to speak And it is the privilege of wisdom to listen. -Oliver Wendell Holmes.
It is the province of knowledge to speak And it is the privilege of wisdom to listen. -Oliver Wendell Holmes.
