Morality is a private and costly luxury

Quote by Henry Brooks Adams

Topics: Luxury Quotes, Morality Quotes

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 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...

There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligence.

There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligence.

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,...

I tell you the solemn truth, that the doctrine of the Trinity is not so...

I tell you the solemn truth, that the doctrine of the Trinity is not so...

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

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

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...

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

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

Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the...

Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the...

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...

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...

All taxation is an evil, but heavy taxes, indiscriminately levied on every everything are one...

All taxation is an evil, but heavy taxes, indiscriminately levied on every everything are one...

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...

They know enough who know how to learn.

They know enough who know how to learn.

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

Politics are a very unsatisfactory game.

Politics are a very unsatisfactory game.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit

We have traded a dictator for a chaos that has left America less secure.

We have traded a dictator for a chaos that has left America less secure.

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...

When tempest tossed, embrace chaos

When tempest tossed, embrace chaos

The creative habit is like a drug. The particular obsession changes, but the excitement, the...

The creative habit is like a drug. The particular obsession changes, but the excitement, the...

Technology is changing our lives. It cannot and will not change what is fundamental to...

Technology is changing our lives. It cannot and will not change what is fundamental to...

The art of giving orders is not to try to rectify the minor blunders and...

The art of giving orders is not to try to rectify the minor blunders and...