“The difference is slight, to the influence of an author, whether he is read by five hundred readers, or by five hundred thousand; if he can select the five hundred, he reaches the five hundred thousand.” — Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams
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“No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.” — Henry Adams
“No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.” — Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams
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“Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.” — Henry Adams
“Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.” — Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams
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“They know enough who know how to learn.” — Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams
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“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.” — Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams
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“Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.” — Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams
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“Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education.” — Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams
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“Although the Senate is much given to admiring in its members a superiority less obvious or quite invisible to outsiders, one Senator seldom proclaims his own inferiority to another, and still more seldom likes to be told of it.” — Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams
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