Henry Adams Quote

In practice, such trifles as contradictions in principle are easily set aside; the faculty of ignoring them makes the practical man.


The Education of Henry Adams, 1907


In practice, such trifles as contradictions in principle are easily set aside; the faculty of ignoring them makes the practical man.

In practice, such trifles as contradictions in principle are easily set aside; the faculty of ignoring them makes the practical man.

In practice, such trifles as contradictions in principle are easily set aside; the faculty of ignoring them makes the practical man.

In practice, such trifles as contradictions in principle are easily set aside; the faculty of ignoring them makes the practical man.