Ocupation: Historian
Life: February 16, 1838 - March 27, 1918
Birthday: February 16
Death: March 27
No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.
source: The Education of Henry Adams ch. 31 (1907)
topic: Truth, Mean, Men, Mean Words, Language Words, Writing Words, Powerful Words, Written Word, Slippery