“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.”
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
Happy 205th Birthday
“People do not quit playing
because they grow old;
they grow old because
they quit playing.”
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
Thought for the Day
A FRIEND
“There is no friend like an old friend
Who has shared our morning days,
No greeting like his welcome,
No homage like his praise.
Fame is the scentless sunflower,
With gaudy crown of gold;
But friendship is the breathing rose,
With sweets in every fold.”
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
(1809-1894)
Thought for the Day
“Pretty much all the honest truth-telling
there is in the world
is done by children.”
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
(1809-1894)
Thought for the Day
“The young man knows the rules,
but the old man knows the exceptions.”
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
(1809-1894)
Thought for the Day
“The man who is always worrying
about whether or not his soul would be damned
generally has a soul that isn’t worth a damn.”
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
(1809-1894)
Thought for the Day
“A moment’s insight is sometimes
worth a life’s experience.”
