Maxioms by Henry Brooks Adams
Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.
Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.
Philosophy: unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.
Philosophy: unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.
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.
It is impossible to underrate human intelligence -- beginning with one's own.
It is impossible to underrate human intelligence -- beginning with one's own.
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.
