Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man.

Quote by Henry B Adams

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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...

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,...

Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.

Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.

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...

One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship...

One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship...

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

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

The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no...

The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no...

Morality is a private and costly luxury.

Morality is a private and costly luxury.

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...

At best, the renewal of broken relations is a nervous matter.

At best, the renewal of broken relations is a nervous matter.

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

Friends are born, not made.

Friends are born, not made.

No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain...

No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain...

The proper study of mankind is woman.

The proper study of mankind is woman.

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...

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.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.