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Henry Adams quotes: General Grant seriously remarked to a particularly bright young woman that Venice would be a fine city if it were drained. General Grant seriously remarked to a particularly bright young woman that Venice would be a fine city if it were drained.
Henry Adams quotes: Any schoolboy could see that man as a force must be measured by motion, from a fixed point. Any schoolboy could see that man as a force must be measured by motion, from a fixed point.
Henry Adams quotes: Silence alone is respectable and respected. I believe God to be silence. Silence alone is respectable and respected. I believe God to be silence.
Henry Adams quotes: What one knows is, in youth, of little moment; they know enough who know how to learn. What one knows is, in youth, of little moment; they know enough who know how to learn.
Henry Adams quotes: Intimates are predestined. Intimates are predestined.
Henry Adams quotes: Man loves most that which is his own. Man loves most that which is his own.
Henry Adams quotes: No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about it himself. No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about it himself.
Henry Adams quotes: In Paris and London he had seen nothing to make a return to life worth while; in Washington he saw plenty of reasons for staying dead. In Paris and London he had seen nothing to make a return to life worth while; in Washington he saw plenty of reasons for staying dead.
Henry Adams quotes: Man is an imperceptible atom always trying to become one with God. Man is an imperceptible atom always trying to become one with God.
Henry Adams quotes: An artist's business is only to see. An artist's business is only to see.
Henry Adams quotes: [Adams] supposed that, except musicians, everyone thought Beethoven a bore, as every one except mathematicians thought mathematics a bore. [Adams] supposed that, except musicians, everyone thought Beethoven a bore, as every one except mathematicians thought mathematics a bore.
Henry Adams quotes: History will die if not irritated. The only service I can do to my profession is to serve as a flea. History will die if not irritated. The only service I can do to my profession is to serve as a flea.
Henry Adams quotes: The world grew cheap, as worlds must. The world grew cheap, as worlds must.
Henry Adams quotes: Analogies are figures intended to serve as fatal weapons if they succeed, and as innocent toys if they fail. Analogies are figures intended to serve as fatal weapons if they succeed, and as innocent toys if they fail.
Henry Adams quotes: Charles Sumner's mind had reached the calm of WATER which receives and reflects images without absorbing them; it contains nothing but itself. Charles Sumner's mind had reached the calm of WATER which receives and reflects images without absorbing them; it contains nothing but itself.
Henry Adams quotes: History is only a value of relation. History is only a value of relation.
Henry Adams quotes: History is a tangled skein that one may take up at any point, and break when one has unravelled enough. History is a tangled skein that one may take up at any point, and break when one has unravelled enough.
Henry Adams quotes: Of all studies, the one he would rather have avoided was that of his own mind. He knew no tragedy so heartrending as introspection. Of all studies, the one he would rather have avoided was that of his own mind. He knew no tragedy so heartrending as introspection.
Henry Adams quotes: It is always good men who do the most harm in the world. It is always good men who do the most harm in the world.
Henry Adams quotes: As a historian, he felt it his duty to respect everything that had ever been respected, except for the occasional statesman. As a historian, he felt it his duty to respect everything that had ever been respected, except for the occasional statesman.
Henry Adams quotes: If one shed tears, they must be shed on one's pillow. If one shed tears, they must be shed on one's pillow.
Henry Adams quotes: Politics is simply the organization of hatreds. Politics is simply the organization of hatreds.
Henry Adams quotes: An American Virgin would never dare command; an American Venus would never dare exist. An American Virgin would never dare command; an American Venus would never dare exist.
Henry Adams quotes: The mind resorts to reason for want of training. The mind resorts to reason for want of training.
Henry Adams quotes: The proof that a philosopher does not know what he is talking about is apt to sadden his followers before it reacts on himself. The proof that a philosopher does not know what he is talking about is apt to sadden his followers before it reacts on himself.
Henry Adams quotes: I have written too much history to have faith in it; and if anyone thinks I'm wrong, I am inclined to agree with him. I have written too much history to have faith in it; and if anyone thinks I'm wrong, I am inclined to agree with him.
Henry Adams quotes: History is the most aristocratic of all literary pursuits, because it obliges the historian to be rich as well as educated. History is the most aristocratic of all literary pursuits, because it obliges the historian to be rich as well as educated.
Henry Adams quotes: I hate photographs abstractly, because they have given me more ideas perversely and immovably wrong, than I ever should get by imagination. I hate photographs abstractly, because they have given me more ideas perversely and immovably wrong, than I ever should get by imagination.
Henry Adams quotes: A society in stable equilibrium is-by definition-one that has no history and wants no historians. A society in stable equilibrium is-by definition-one that has no history and wants no historians.
Henry Adams quotes: The world is coming to an end in 1950. The world is coming to an end in 1950.
Henry Adams quotes: The tourist was the great conservative who hated novelty and adored dirt. The tourist was the great conservative who hated novelty and adored dirt.
Henry Adams quotes: Friends are born, not made. Friends are born, not made.
Henry Adams quotes: Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius. Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius.
Henry Adams quotes: One could not stay a month without loving the shabby town One could not stay a month without loving the shabby town
Henry Adams quotes: Energy is the inherent effort of every multiplicity to become unity. Energy is the inherent effort of every multiplicity to become unity.
Henry Adams quotes: The work of internal government has become the task of controlling the thousands of fifth-rate men. The work of internal government has become the task of controlling the thousands of fifth-rate men.
Henry Adams quotes: Artists ... disappeared long ago as social forces. So did the church. Artists ... disappeared long ago as social forces. So did the church.
Henry Adams quotes: The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset Darwin. The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset Darwin.
Henry Adams quotes: Politics are a very unsatisfactory game. Politics are a very unsatisfactory game.
Henry Adams quotes: Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself. Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself.
Henry Adams quotes: It is impossible to underrate human intelligence - beginning with one's own. It is impossible to underrate human intelligence - beginning with one's own.
Henry Adams quotes: When one thinks what one leaves in the world when one dies, Only silence is strong, - all the rest is but lies. When one thinks what one leaves in the world when one dies, Only silence is strong, - all the rest is but lies.
Henry Adams quotes: All taxation is an evil, but heavy taxes, indiscriminately levied on every everything are one of the greatest curses that can afflict a people All taxation is an evil, but heavy taxes, indiscriminately levied on every everything are one of the greatest curses that can afflict a people
Henry Adams quotes: One sought not absolute truth. One sought only a spool on which to wind the thread of history without breaking it. One sought not absolute truth. One sought only a spool on which to wind the thread of history without breaking it.
Henry Adams quotes: Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man. Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.
Henry Adams quotes: The Jewish question is really the most serious of our problems. The Jewish question is really the most serious of our problems.
Henry Adams quotes: A friend in power is a friend lost. A friend in power is a friend lost.
Henry Adams quotes: No man can instruct more than half-a-dozen students at once. The whole problem of education is one of its cost in money. No man can instruct more than half-a-dozen students at once. The whole problem of education is one of its cost in money.
Henry Adams quotes: History is only a catalogue of the forgotten. History is only a catalogue of the forgotten.
Henry Adams quotes: Every mane should have a fair sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friend. Every mane should have a fair sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friend.
Henry Adams quotes: Only on the edge of the grave can man conclude anything. Only on the edge of the grave can man conclude anything.
Henry Adams quotes: The photograph is a coarse fraud, and seems to delight only in taking the whole beauty out of the picture. The photograph is a coarse fraud, and seems to delight only in taking the whole beauty out of the picture.
Henry Adams quotes: Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit. Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.
Henry Adams quotes: The proper study of mankind is woman. The proper study of mankind is woman.
Henry Adams quotes: We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and when got, the repose is insupportable. We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and when got, the repose is insupportable.
Henry Adams quotes: Double standards are inspiration to men of letters, but they are apt to be fatal to politicians. Double standards are inspiration to men of letters, but they are apt to be fatal to politicians.
Henry Adams quotes: The woman who is known only through a man is known wrong. The woman who is known only through a man is known wrong.
Henry Adams quotes: One does every day and without a second thought, what at another time would be the event of a year, perhaps of a life. One does every day and without a second thought, what at another time would be the event of a year, perhaps of a life.
Henry Adams quotes: It [love] is a disease to be born with patience, like any nervous complaint, and to be treated with counter-irritants. It [love] is a disease to be born with patience, like any nervous complaint, and to be treated with counter-irritants.
Henry Adams quotes: Unity is vision; it must have been part of the process of learning to see. Unity is vision; it must have been part of the process of learning to see.
Henry Adams quotes: Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing up the world. Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing up the world.
Henry Adams quotes: Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man. Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man.
Henry Adams quotes: As History stands, it is a sort of Chinese Play, without end and without lesson. As History stands, it is a sort of Chinese Play, without end and without lesson.
Henry Adams quotes: Philosophy ... consists chiefly in suggesting unintelligible answers to insoluble problems. Philosophy ... consists chiefly in suggesting unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.
Henry Adams quotes: The capacity of women to make unsuitable marriages must be considered as the cornerstone of society. The capacity of women to make unsuitable marriages must be considered as the cornerstone of society.
Henry Adams quotes: There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligence. There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligence.
Henry Adams quotes: Laplace would have found it child's-play to fix a ratio of progression in mathematical science between Descartes, Leibnitz, Newton and himself Laplace would have found it child's-play to fix a ratio of progression in mathematical science between Descartes, Leibnitz, Newton and himself
Henry Adams quotes: Teachers affect eternity. There is no telling where their influence stops. Teachers affect eternity. There is no telling where their influence stops.
Henry Adams quotes: At best, the renewal of broken relations is a nervous matter. At best, the renewal of broken relations is a nervous matter.
Henry Adams quotes: No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain fit for anything else. No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain fit for anything else.
Henry Adams quotes: Those who seek education in the paths of duty are always deceived by the illusion that power in the hands of friends is an advantage to them. Those who seek education in the paths of duty are always deceived by the illusion that power in the hands of friends is an advantage to them.
Henry Adams quotes: The Indian Summer of life should be a little sunny and a little sad, like the season, and infinite in wealth and depth of tone, but never hustled. The Indian Summer of life should be a little sunny and a little sad, like the season, and infinite in wealth and depth of tone, but never hustled.
Henry Adams quotes: We shall some day catch an abstract truth by the tail, and then we shall have our religion and our immortality. We shall some day catch an abstract truth by the tail, and then we shall have our religion and our immortality.
Henry Adams quotes: He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers. He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers.
Henry Adams quotes: Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile. Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile.
Henry Adams quotes: The less a tourist knows, the fewer mistakes he need make, for he will not expect himself to explain ignorance. The less a tourist knows, the fewer mistakes he need make, for he will not expect himself to explain ignorance.
Henry Adams quotes: Whenever a man reaches the top of the political ladder, his enemies unite to pull him down. His friends become critical and exacting. Whenever a man reaches the top of the political ladder, his enemies unite to pull him down. His friends become critical and exacting.
Henry Adams quotes: The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek. The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek.
Henry Adams quotes: Seward would inspire a cow with statesmanship if she understood our language. Seward would inspire a cow with statesmanship if she understood our language.
Henry Adams quotes: In the one branch he most needed In the one branch he most needed
Henry Adams quotes: No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous. No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.
Henry Adams quotes: Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. The imagination must be given not wings but weights. Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. The imagination must be given not wings but weights.
Henry Adams quotes: He betrayed the consciousness that he and his people had a past, if they dared but avow it, and might have a future, if they could but divine it. He betrayed the consciousness that he and his people had a past, if they dared but avow it, and might have a future, if they could but divine it.
Henry Adams quotes: The historian must not try to know what is truth, if he values his honesty; for if he cares for his truths, he is certain to falsify his facts. The historian must not try to know what is truth, if he values his honesty; for if he cares for his truths, he is certain to falsify his facts.
Henry Adams quotes: I want to be advertised and the easiest way is to do something obnoxious and do it well. I want to be advertised and the easiest way is to do something obnoxious and do it well.
Henry Adams quotes: In practice, such trifles as contradictions in principle are easily set aside; the faculty of ignoring them makes the practical man. In practice, such trifles as contradictions in principle are easily set aside; the faculty of ignoring them makes the practical man.
Henry Adams quotes: Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts. Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts.
Henry Adams quotes: Nothing is easier to teach than historical method, but, when learned, it has little use. Nothing is easier to teach than historical method, but, when learned, it has little use.
Henry Adams quotes: A senator is like a begonia - showy but useless. A senator is like a begonia - showy but useless.
Henry Adams quotes: Life is a narrow valley, and the roads run close together Life is a narrow valley, and the roads run close together
Henry Adams quotes: Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage. Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.
Henry Adams quotes: Nothing is more tiresome than a superannuated pedagogue. Nothing is more tiresome than a superannuated pedagogue.
Henry Adams quotes: The world can absorb only doses of truth," he said; "too much would kill it." One sought education in order to adjust the dose. The world can absorb only doses of truth," he said; "too much would kill it." One sought education in order to adjust the dose.
Henry Adams quotes: Teachers affect eternity; no one can tell where their influence stops. Teachers affect eternity; no one can tell where their influence stops.
Henry Adams quotes: For reasons which many persons thought ridiculous, Mrs. Lightfoot Lee decided to pass the winter in Washington. For reasons which many persons thought ridiculous, Mrs. Lightfoot Lee decided to pass the winter in Washington.
Henry Adams quotes: Henry James chews more than he bites off. Henry James chews more than he bites off.
Henry Adams quotes: Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education. Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education.
Henry Adams quotes: Everyone must bear his own universe, and most persons are moderately interested in learning how their neighbors have managed to carry theirs. Everyone must bear his own universe, and most persons are moderately interested in learning how their neighbors have managed to carry theirs.
Henry Adams quotes: A man must now swallow more belief than he can digest. A man must now swallow more belief than he can digest.
Henry Adams quotes: Good men do the most harm. Good men do the most harm.

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