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Henry Brooks Adams

"Politics... have always been the systematic organization of hatreds." Henry Brooks Adams
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"We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and, when got, the repose is insupportable" Henry Brooks Adams
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"Words were with them forms of expression which varied with individuals, but falsehood was more or less necessary to all" Henry Brooks Adams
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"Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds." Henry Brooks Adams
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"Everyone carries his own inch-rule of taste, and amuses himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels" Henry Brooks Adams
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"A man must now swallow more belief than he can digest." Henry Brooks Adams
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"The work of internal government has become the task of controlling the thousands of fifth-rate men" Henry Brooks Adams
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"Accident counts for much in companionship as in marriage" Henry Brooks Adams
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"No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain fit for anything else." Henry Brooks Adams
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"Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic." Henry Brooks Adams
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"There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligence." Henry Brooks Adams
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"American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it." Henry Brooks Adams
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"Philosophy: unintelligible answers to insoluble problems" Henry Brooks Adams
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"A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops." Henry Brooks Adams
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"Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems." Henry Brooks Adams
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"It is impossible to underrate human intelligence -- beginning with one's own." Henry Brooks Adams
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"Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuse himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels." Henry Brooks Adams
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"Chaos often breeds life when order breeds habit." Henry Brooks Adams
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"No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous." Henry Brooks Adams
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"Only on the edge of the grave can man conclude anything." Henry Brooks Adams
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"Philosophy: Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems." Henry Brooks Adams
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Birth: 1940-11-27 Death: 1973-07-20

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