Politics are a very unsatisfactory game.

Quote by Henry Brooks Adams

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

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

A friend in power is a friend lost.

A friend in power is a friend lost.

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

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

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...

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

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

Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile

Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile

I am an anarchist in politics and an impressionist in art as well as a...

I am an anarchist in politics and an impressionist in art as well as a...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit

What one knows is, in youth, of little moment; they know enough who know how...

What one knows is, in youth, of little moment; they know enough who know how...

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...

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...

Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful...

Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful...

Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their...

Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their...

The French and the British are such good enemies that they can't resist being friends

The French and the British are such good enemies that they can't resist being friends

There are two kinds of women, those who want power in the world and those...

There are two kinds of women, those who want power in the world and those...

Impiety, n.: Your irreverence toward my deity.

Impiety, n.: Your irreverence toward my deity.

In seperateness lies the worlds great misery, in compassion lies the worlds true strength.

In seperateness lies the worlds great misery, in compassion lies the worlds true strength.

No one would be foolish enough to choose war over peace--in peace sons bury their...

No one would be foolish enough to choose war over peace--in peace sons bury their...