He never labored so hard to learn a language as he did to hold his tongue, and it affected him for life. The habit of reticence — of talking without meaning — is never effaced.


The Education of Henry Adams (1907)

Henry Adams Quotes

He never labored so hard to learn a language as he did to hold his tongue, and it affected him for life. The habit of reticence — of talking...

He never labored so hard to learn a language as he did to hold his tongue, and it affected him for life. The habit of reticence — of talking...

He never labored so hard to learn a language as he did to hold his tongue, and it affected him for life. The habit of reticence — of talking...

He never labored so hard to learn a language as he did to hold his tongue, and it affected him for life. The habit of reticence — of talking...