Quote by Henry Adams
No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, es

No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about it himself. – Henry Adams

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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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Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuses himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels. – Henry Adams

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It is difficult to remember all, and ungracious to omit any. – Cicero

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Every problem contains within itself the seeds of its own solution. – Edward Somers

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