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Henry Brooke Adams
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Quote 1721
Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile -
Quote 1720
Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing up the worldMore quotes on the topics: progress future power world transience risk
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Quote 1719
The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends by killing the victim's sympathiesMore quotes on the topics: power publicity victim sympathy transience
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Quote 1718
Morality is a private and costly luxury -
Quote 1717
They know enough who know how to learnMore quotes on the topics: knowledge learning ability wisdom
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Quote 1716
In plain words, chaos was the law of nature, order was the dream of man.”More quotes on the topics: dreams chaos law nature intentions tidiness
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Quote 1715
Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himselfMore quotes on the topics: liberty responsibility individualism
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Quote 1714
We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and, when got, the repose is insupportableMore quotes on the topics: obstacles disappointment peace success worthlessness
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Quote 1713
“It is always good men who do the most harm in the world -
Quote 1712
Power when wielded by abnormal energy is the most serious of factsMore quotes on the topics: power energy seriousness facts
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Quote 1711
Accident counts for much in companionship as in marriage -
Quote 1710
A man must now swallow more belief than he can digest.More quotes on the topics: truth faith confidence
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Quote 1709
It is impossible to underrate human intelligence - beginning with one's ownMore quotes on the topics: impossibility intelligence self-knowledge
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Quote 1708
Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic. -
Quote 1707
There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligenceMore quotes on the topics: intelligence
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Quote 1706
Politics are a very unsatisfactory gameMore quotes on the topics: politics games satisfaction troubles
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Quote 1705
No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or senator, and remain fit for anything elseMore quotes on the topics: profession strength ability changes self-development time
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Quote 1704
Practical politics consists in ignoring factsMore quotes on the topics: politics ignorance facts superficiality reality
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Quote 1703
The woman who is known only through a man is known wrongMore quotes on the topics: performance dependence mistakes attention superficiality
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Quote 1702
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell, where his influence stopsMore quotes on the topics: influence transience learning education
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Quote 1591
He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheersMore quotes on the topics: consent unity admiration agreement
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Quote 1464
Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuses himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travelsMore quotes on the topics: traveling taste individualism
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Quote 969
Friends are born, not madeMore quotes on the topics: birth friendship
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Quote 455
All experience is an arch to build uponMore quotes on the topics: experience performance learning success
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