It [love] is a disease to be born with patience, like any nervous complaint, and to be treated with counter-irritants.

Quote by Henry Brooks Adams

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The People of Virginia declare and make known that the powers granted under the Constitution...

The People of Virginia declare and make known that the powers granted under the Constitution...

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,...

The work of internal government has become the task of controlling the thousands of fifth-rate...

The work of internal government has become the task of controlling the thousands of fifth-rate...

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...

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

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

Every man who has at last succeeded, after long effort, in calling up the divinity...

Every man who has at last succeeded, after long effort, in calling up the divinity...

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,...

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...

Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of...

Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of...

Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile

Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile

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...

They know enough who know how to learn.

They know enough who know how to learn.

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.

Morality is a private and costly luxury

Morality is a private and costly luxury

The work of internal government has become the task of controlling the thousands of fifth-rate...

The work of internal government has become the task of controlling the thousands of fifth-rate...

No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean

No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean

A man must now swallow more belief than he can digest.

A man must now swallow more belief than he can digest.

Politics are a very unsatisfactory game.

Politics are a very unsatisfactory game.

In politics we presume that everyone who knows how to get votes knows how to...

In politics we presume that everyone who knows how to get votes knows how to...

Only Napoleon did more than me. But I'm taller than him.

Only Napoleon did more than me. But I'm taller than him.