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

Everyone carries his own inch-rule of taste and amuses himself by applying it triumphantly wherever he travels.


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Everyone carries his own inch-rule of taste and amuses himself by applying it triumphantly wherever he travels.
         



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Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.



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Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.



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They know enough who know how to learn.



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The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek.



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