Quote by Henry Adams
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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As for America, it is the ideal fruit of all your youthful hopes and reforms. Everybody is fairly decent, respectable, domestic, bourgeois, middle-class, and tiresome. There is absolutely nothing to revile except that its a bore. – 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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At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction. – Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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By words the mind is winged. – Aristophanes

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A word from the mouth is like a stone from a sling. – Proverb

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If I where to describe myself in one word, a new word should be made. – Anonymous

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Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe. – Benjamin Disraeli

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Never trust the artist. Trust the tale. The proper function of the critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it. – David Herbert Lawrence

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