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Henry Adams Quotes: I have written too much history to have faith in it; and if anyone thinks I'm wrong, I am inclined to agree with him.
         

I have written too much history to have faith in it; and if anyone thinks I'm wrong, I am inclined to agree with him.


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A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.



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All experience is an arch, to build upon.



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The Indian Summer of life should be a little sunny and a little sad, like the season, and infinite in wealth and depth of tone, but never hustled.



One friend in a life-time is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.

One friend in a life-time is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.



Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.

Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.



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.



Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.



They know enough who know how to learn.

They know enough who know how to learn.



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The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek.



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Some day science may have the existence of mankind in its power, and the human race commit suicide, by blowing up the world.





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What did he understand? Nothing. Where was he headed? Nowhere. What did he want? To know. What? A meaning. Why? A riddle.



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When you're dead, you're dead, and that's that.



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Men in general judge more from appearances than from reality. All men have eyes but few have the gift of penetration.



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I act on impulse and I go with my instincts.



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My great concern for you in life is not that you will fail, but that you will succeed in doing the wrong things.



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