“A friend in power is a friend lost.”
Henry Adams book The Education of Henry Adams
Source: The Education of Henry Adams
“Friends are born, not made, and Henry never mistook a friend except when in power. From the first slight meeting in February and March, 1861, he recognized Hay as a friend, and never lost sight of him at the future crossing of their paths.”
The Education of Henry Adams (1907)
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