Only on the edge of the grave can man conclude anything.

Quote by Henry B Adams

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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...

The proper study of mankind is woman.

The proper study of mankind is woman.

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

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

Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius.

Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

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...

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...

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...

Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education.

Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education.

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.

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

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

Intimates are predestined.

Intimates are predestined.

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...

In plain words, Chaos was the law of nature Order was the dream of man.

In plain words, Chaos was the law of nature Order was the dream of man.

Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuse himself by applying it, triumphantly,...

Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuse himself by applying it, triumphantly,...

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...

Friends are born, not made.

Friends are born, not made.

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

Philosophy: Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

Philosophy: Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

It is always good men who do the most harm in the world.

It is always good men who do the most harm in the world.