Every man who has at last succeeded, after long effort, in calling up the divinity which lies hidden in a woman's heart, is startled to find that he must obey the God he summoned.

Quote by Henry Brooks Adams

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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...

Politics are a very unsatisfactory game.

Politics are a very unsatisfactory game.

A man must now swallow more belief than he can digest.

A man must now swallow more belief than he can digest.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile

Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile

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.

No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean

No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean

What one knows is, in youth, of little moment; they know enough who know how...

What one knows is, in youth, of little moment; they know enough who know how...

In practice, such trifles as contradictions in principle are easily set aside; the faculty of...

In practice, such trifles as contradictions in principle are easily set aside; the faculty of...

There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligence.

There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligence.

Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of...

Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of...

Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is...

Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is...

The People of Virginia declare and make known that the powers granted under the Constitution...

The People of Virginia declare and make known that the powers granted under the Constitution...

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...

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...

Congress will pass a law restricting public comment on the Internet to individuals who have...

Congress will pass a law restricting public comment on the Internet to individuals who have...

Its a sad day when you have members of Congress who are literally criminals go...

Its a sad day when you have members of Congress who are literally criminals go...