Maxioms by Henry Brooks Adams
No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain fit for anything else.
No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain fit for anything else.
Philosophy: unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.
Philosophy: unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.
The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends read more
The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends by killing the victim's sympathies.
It is impossible to underrate human intelligence -- beginning with one's own.
It is impossible to underrate human intelligence -- beginning with one's own.
Morality is a private and costly luxury.
Morality is a private and costly luxury.
