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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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...

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,...

Morality is a private and costly luxury

Morality is a private and costly luxury

Politics... have always been the systematic organization of hatreds.

Politics... have always been the systematic organization of hatreds.

A friend in power is a friend lost.

A friend in power is a friend lost.

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.

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...

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,...

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...

Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.

Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.

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...

Politics are a very unsatisfactory game.

Politics are a very unsatisfactory game.

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...

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.

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...

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit

Not chaos-like together crushed and bruised, But as the world, harmoniously confused, Where order in...

Not chaos-like together crushed and bruised, But as the world, harmoniously confused, Where order in...

Order is repetition of units. Chaos is multiplicity without rythm.

Order is repetition of units. Chaos is multiplicity without rythm.

Chaos is the enemy of Order but the enemy of Chaos is also the enemy...

Chaos is the enemy of Order but the enemy of Chaos is also the enemy...

Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect...

Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect...

Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as...

Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as...

Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original...

Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original...