Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Holmes on Tact and Courtesy

"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

1 comment:

  1. This is so true and if we were all to heed that advice, what a better world this would be.

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