Don't flatter yourselves that friendship authorizes you to say disagre…

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
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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 (2007). Autocrat Of The Breakfast Table, p.51, Reprint Services Corporation
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