No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and… — Henry Adams
No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.
The Education of Henry Adams · 1907
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Adams, Henry. "The Education of Henry Adams." Henry Adams: Democracy, Esther, Mont Saint Michel and Chartres, The Education of Henry Adams, edited by Ernest Samuels and Jayne Samuels. Library of America, 1983, ch. 31.
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Adams, Henry. The Education of Henry Adams. 1907, ch. 31.