Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 287 |
| AUTHOR: | Henry Adams (1838–1918) |
| QUOTATION: | No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain fit for anything else. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Adams was the son of Charles Francis Adams, grandson of John Quincy Adams, and great-grandson of John Adams. |
| SUBJECTS: | Congress—Senate |