Henry Adams

Historian

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To live is to war with trolls.	Uncategorized
Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.	Uncategorized
There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligence.	Uncategorized
Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance as it accumulates in the form of inert facts.	Uncategorized
No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.	Uncategorized
Friends are born, not made.	Uncategorized
A friend in power is a friend lost.	Uncategorized
All experience is an arch, to build upon.	Uncategorized
Man is an imperceptible atom always trying to become one with God.	Uncategorized
I have written too much history to have faith in it; and if anyone thinks I'm wrong, I am inclined to agree with him.	Uncategorized
Chaos often breeds life when order breeds habit.	Uncategorized
No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.	Uncategorized
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.	Uncategorized
The Indian Summer of life should be a little sunny and a little sad, like the season, and infinite in wealth and depth of tone, but never hustled.	Uncategorized