Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

Quote by Henry B Adams

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

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

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

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

Intimates are predestined.

Intimates are predestined.

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...

Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education.

Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education.

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...

Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.

Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.

Friends are born, not made.

Friends are born, not made.

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

Morality is a private and costly luxury.

Morality is a private and costly luxury.

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

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

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.

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 proper study of mankind is woman.

The proper study of mankind is woman.

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...