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

Quote by Henry B Adams

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No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for...

No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for...

No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain...

No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain...

The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no...

The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no...

Philosophy: Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

Philosophy: Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

It is always good men who do the most harm in the world.

It is always good men who do the most harm in the world.

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...

Morality is a private and costly luxury.

Morality is a private and costly luxury.

Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man.

Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man.

Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile.

Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile.

Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.

Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.

Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius.

Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius.

Only on the edge of the grave can man conclude anything.

Only on the edge of the grave can man conclude anything.

The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset...

The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset...

Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuse himself by applying it, triumphantly,...

Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuse himself by applying it, triumphantly,...

At best, the renewal of broken relations is a nervous matter.

At best, the renewal of broken relations is a nervous matter.

The proper study of mankind is woman.

The proper study of mankind is woman.

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

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

We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and when got, the repose is insupportable.

We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and when got, the repose is insupportable.

In plain words, Chaos was the law of nature Order was the dream of man.

In plain words, Chaos was the law of nature Order was the dream of man.

Power when wielded by abnormal energy is the most serious of facts.

Power when wielded by abnormal energy is the most serious of facts.