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

Quote by Henry Brooks Adams

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Every man who has at last succeeded, after long effort, in calling up the divinity...

Every man who has at last succeeded, after long effort, in calling up the divinity...

Law is merely the expression of the will of the strongest for the time being,...

Law is merely the expression of the will of the strongest for the time being,...

All taxation is an evil, but heavy taxes, indiscriminately levied on every everything are one...

All taxation is an evil, but heavy taxes, indiscriminately levied on every everything are one...

I am an anarchist in politics and an impressionist in art as well as a...

I am an anarchist in politics and an impressionist in art as well as a...

You can't use tact with a Congressman! A Congressman is a hog! You must take...

You can't use tact with a Congressman! A Congressman is a hog! You must take...

The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a...

The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a...

Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile

Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile

You say that love is nonsense....I tell you it is no such thing. For weeks...

You say that love is nonsense....I tell you it is no such thing. For weeks...

It is impossible to underrate human intelligence - beginning with one's own.

It is impossible to underrate human intelligence - beginning with one's own.

Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.

Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.

Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic.

Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit

The work of internal government has become the task of controlling the thousands of fifth-rate...

The work of internal government has become the task of controlling the thousands of fifth-rate...

One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three hardly possible.

One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three hardly possible.

I tell you the solemn truth, that the doctrine of the Trinity is not so...

I tell you the solemn truth, that the doctrine of the Trinity is not so...

Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race...

Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race...

No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has...

No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has...

Thank God, I never was cheerful. I come from the happy stock of the Mathers,...

Thank God, I never was cheerful. I come from the happy stock of the Mathers,...

Politics, as a practise, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.

Politics, as a practise, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.

Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race...

Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race...