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No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about it himself.

— Henry Adams

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about it himself." in the context of "" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Henry Adams

About Henry Adams

Henry Brooks Adams (16 February 1838 – 27 March 1918) was a U.S. historian, journalist, novelist and educator. He was the great-grandson of John Adams, grandson of John Quincy Adams and son of Charles Francis Adams, Sr.