283 Quotes by Henry Adams

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

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

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    It is impossible to underrate human intelligence -- beginning with one's own.

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It is impossible to underrate human intelligence -- beginning with one's own.

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    In practice, such trifles as contradictions in principle are easily set aside; the faculty of ignoring them makes the practical man.

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In practice, such trifles as contradictions in principle are easily set aside; the faculty of ignoring them makes the practical man.

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    At best Madrid is a hole, but in rainy weather it is a place fit only to drown rats in.

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At best Madrid is a hole, but in rainy weather it is a place fit only to drown rats in.

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