Intimates are predestined.

Quote by Henry B Adams

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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...

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

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...

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

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

The proper study of mankind is woman.

The proper study of mankind is woman.

One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship...

One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship...

Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow; Don't walk behind me, I...

Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow; Don't walk behind me, I...

Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.

Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.

Keep a fair-sized cemetery in your back yard, in which to bury the faults of...

Keep a fair-sized cemetery in your back yard, in which to bury the faults of...