“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.”
— Henry Adams
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Knowledge of human nature is the beginning
“Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education.”
— Henry Adams
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All experience is an arch, to build
“All experience is an arch, to build upon.”
— Henry Adams
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No man likes to have his intelligence
“No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about it himself.”
— Henry Adams
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One friend in a lifetime is much,
“One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.”
— Henry Adams
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American society is a sort of flat,
“American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it.”
— Henry Adams
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Politics… have always been the systematic organization
“Politics… have always been the systematic organization of hatreds.”
— Henry Adams
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I am an anarchist in politics and
“I am an anarchist in politics and an impressionist in art as well as a symbolist in literature. Not that I understand what these terms mean, but I take them to be all merely synonyms of pessimist.”
— Henry Adams
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Chaos was the law of nature; Order
“Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.”
— Henry Adams
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Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions,
“Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.”
— Henry Adams
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Friends are born, not made.
“Friends are born, not made.”
— Henry Adams
Author: Henry Adams
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