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No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for

No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is vicious. – Henry Adams

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The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset Darwin. – Henry Adams

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Politics, as a practise, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds. – Henry Adams

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If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words. – Chinese Proverb

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Words of love, are works of love. – William R. Alger

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There are words which sever hearts more than sharp swords; there are words the point of which sting the heart through the course of a whole life. – Frederika Bremer

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Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what we are given by the senses. – Hannah Arendt

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