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

Quote by Henry Brooks Adams

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Morality is a private and costly luxury

Morality is a private and costly luxury

It is impossible to underrate human intelligence - beginning with one's own.

It is impossible to underrate human intelligence - beginning with one's own.

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

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

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

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

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.

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 practise, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.

Politics, as a practise, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.

You say that love is nonsense....I tell you it is no such thing. For weeks...

You say that love is nonsense....I tell you it is no such thing. For weeks...

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...

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit

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...

Politics are a very unsatisfactory game.

Politics are a very unsatisfactory game.

You can't use tact with a Congressman! A Congressman is a hog! You must take...

You can't use tact with a Congressman! A Congressman is a hog! You must take...

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,...

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

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

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,...

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...

You never really know your friends from your enemies until the ice breaks

You never really know your friends from your enemies until the ice breaks

The enemy advances, we retreat; the enemy camps, we harass; the enemy tires, we attack;...

The enemy advances, we retreat; the enemy camps, we harass; the enemy tires, we attack;...

Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies.

Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies.

The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a...

The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a...

I came into the world a Jew, and although I did not live my life...

I came into the world a Jew, and although I did not live my life...

Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm.

Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm.

War is a catalouge of blunders.

War is a catalouge of blunders.