It is so very easy and so very pleasant, too, to read only books which lead to nothing, light and interesting books, and the more the better, that it is almost as difficult to wean ourselves from it as from the habit of chewing tobacco to excess, or of smoking the whole time, or of depending for stimulus upon tea or coffee or spirits.
In this country men seem to live for action as long as they can and sink into apathy when they retire. - Charles Francis Adams, Sr.
In this country men seem to live for action as long as they can and sink into apathy when they retire.
- Charles Francis Adams, Sr.
All equally see in the convulsion in America an era in the history of the world, out of which must come in the end a general recognition of the right… - Charles Francis Adams, Sr.
All equally see in the convulsion in America an era in the history of the world, out of which must come in the end a general recognition of the right…
It is so very easy and so very pleasant, too, to read only books which lead to nothing, light and interesting books, and the more the better, that it… - Charles Francis Adams, Sr.
It is so very easy and so very pleasant, too, to read only books which lead to nothing, light and interesting books, and the more the better, that it…
More than all, and above all, [George] Washington was master of himself. If there be one quality more than another in his character which may exercis… - Charles Francis Adams, Sr.
More than all, and above all, [George] Washington was master of himself. If there be one quality more than another in his character which may exercis…
Failure seems to be regarded as the one unpardonable crime, success as the all-redeeming virtue, the acquisition of wealth as the single worthy aim o… - Charles Francis Adams, Sr.
Failure seems to be regarded as the one unpardonable crime, success as the all-redeeming virtue, the acquisition of wealth as the single worthy aim o…
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