All experience is an arch, to build upon.

Quote by Henry B Adams

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The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a...

The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a...

Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.

Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.

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

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

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...

Morality is a private and costly luxury.

Morality is a private and costly luxury.

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

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

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...

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

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

He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers.

He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers.

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

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

Friends are born, not made.

Friends are born, not made.

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

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

American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything...

American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything...

Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius.

Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius.

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...

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...

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.

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...

Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man.

Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man.

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

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