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.
Morality is a private and costly luxury.
Morality is a private and costly luxury.
You can't use tact with a Congressman! A Congressman is a hog! You must take a stick and hit him read more
You can't use tact with a Congressman! A Congressman is a hog! You must take a stick and hit him on the snout!
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.
One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of read more
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.