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Henry B. Adams

"No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain fit for anything else."

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"No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain fit for anything else."

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"Men exist for the sake of one another."

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"In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it."

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"Let no such man be trusted."

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"I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just."

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"When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind."

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"We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members."

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