Don’t flatter yourselves that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. On the contrary, the nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. : American Writer
Born: August 29, 1809
Died: October 8, 1894
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