Quote by Henry Adams
Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit. - Henry Adams

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit. – Henry Adams

Other quotes by Henry Adams

American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it. – Henry Adams

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Society
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Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts. – Henry Adams

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Education
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Real history is a candid shot. The history of textbooks poses for its pictures. – Terri Guillemets

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History

Whatever we do or fail to do will influence the course of history. – Arthur Henderson

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History

More and more, I tend to read history. I often find it more up to date than the daily newspapers. – Joe Murray, “History updates current events,” Spartanburg Herald-Journal, May 1

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History

Be as a tower firmly set Shakes not its top for any blast that blows. – Dante Alighieri

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History

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Cruel persecutions and intolerance are not accidents, but grow out of the very essence of religion, namely, its absolute claims. – Morris Raphael Cohen

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