• No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.

  Henry Brooks Adams
  American historian 1838-1918
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1. slippery
2. thought
3. viscous

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No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous. by : Henry Brooks Adams

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