Maxioms by Henry Adams
No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought read more
No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.
While history never repeats itself, political patterns do.
While history never repeats itself, political patterns do.
Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself
Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself
You say that love is nonsense....I tell you it is no such thing. For weeks and months it is a read more
You say that love is nonsense....I tell you it is no such thing. For weeks and months it is a steady physical pain, an ache about the heart, never leaving one, by night or by day; a long strain on one's nerves like toothache or rheumatism, not intolerable at any one instant, but exhausting by its steady drain on the strength.
The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence enough to upset Darwin
The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence enough to upset Darwin