Maxioms by Henry Adams
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell, where his influence stops.
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell, where his influence stops.
Man is an imperceptible atom always trying to become one with God.
Man is an imperceptible atom always trying to become one with God.
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.
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.
Everyone carries his own inch-rule of taste, and amuses himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels.
Everyone carries his own inch-rule of taste, and amuses himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels.
