To Adam Paradise was home. To the good among his descendants home is paradise. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes adam descendant good
The virtue of paganism was strength; the virtue of Christianity is obedience. Augustus Hare christianityobediencepaganism Change image and share on social
Examples would indeed be excellent things were not people so modest that none will set, and so vain that none will follow them. Augustus Hare exampleexcellentfollow Change image and share on social
It is well for us that we are born babies in intellect. Could we understand half what mothers say and do to their infants, we should be filled with a conceit of our own importance, which would render us insupportable through life. Augustus Hare babybearconceit share on social
If a man made himself an expert in any particular branch of human activity, there would result the strong tendency that a peculiar aptitude towards the same branch would be found among some of his descendants. Sidney Lanier activityaptitudebranch share on social
John Quincy Adams ranks with Jimmy Carter on the roster of ex-presidential redemption. Instead of completing a biography of his father, he let himself be elected to the House, where he spent nine terms in Whiggish opposition to the Democrats, supporting a national bank and a protective tariff and internal improvements. Thomas Mallon adambankbiography share on social
It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens. Carine Roitfeld frontgoodlens Change image and share on social