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" Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile. "
Henry Adams
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" Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education. "
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" Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing up the world. "
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" The Indian Summer of life should be a little sunny and a little sad, like the season, and infinite in wealth and depth of tone, but never hustled. "
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" Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit. "
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" There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligence. "
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" 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. "
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" It is always good men who do the most harm in the world. "
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" Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage. "
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" Man is an imperceptible atom always trying to become one with God. "
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" At best, the renewal of broken relations is a nervous matter. "
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