Maxioms by Henry Brooks Adams
One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible.
One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible.
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!
No historian can take part with--or against--the forces he has to study. To him even the extinction of the human read more
No historian can take part with--or against--the forces he has to study. To him even the extinction of the human race should merely be a fact to be grouped with other vital statistics.
Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.
Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.
Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuse himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels.
Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuse himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels.
