Government quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes in Government category:

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"The longer we live, the more we find we are like other persons."
"Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend."
"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. Except in cases of necessity, which are rare, leave your friend to learn unpleasant things from his enemies; they are ready enough to tell them."
"It is now the moment when by common consent we pause to become conscious of our national life and to rejoice in it, to recall what our country has done for each of us, and to ask ourselves what we can do for our country in return."