Maxioms by Henry Brooks Adams
Power is poison. It's effect on Presidents had always been tragic.
Power is poison. It's effect on Presidents had always been tragic.
It is impossible to underrate human intelligence -- beginning with one's own.
It is impossible to underrate human intelligence -- beginning with one's own.
No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about it himself.
No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about it himself.
Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit
Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit
Philosophy: unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.
Philosophy: unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.
