Henry Adams Quotes: top 100 famous quotes about Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: Any schoolboy could see that man as a

Any schoolboy could see that man as a force must be measured by motion, from a fixed point. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: Silence alone is respectable and respected. I believe

Silence alone is respectable and respected. I believe God to be silence. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: During an election campaign the air is full

During an election campaign the air is full of speeches and vice versa. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: What one knows is, in youth, of little

What one knows is, in youth, of little moment; they know enough who know how to learn. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: Intimates are predestined.

Intimates are predestined. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: Man loves most that which is his own.

Man loves most that which is his own. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: No man likes to have his intelligence or

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

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Sherman Adams: Planting is not the end; it is only

Planting is not the end; it is only the beginning of planting. — Henry Sherman Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Barbara W. Tuchman: Henry Adams, like most people, saw society in

Henry Adams, like most people, saw society in his own image. — Barbara W. Tuchman

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: A congressman is a pig. The only way

A congressman is a pig. The only way to get his snout from the trough is to rap it sharply with a stick. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: Man is an imperceptible atom always trying to

Man is an imperceptible atom always trying to become one with God. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: An artist's business is only to see.

An artist's business is only to see. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: [Adams] supposed that, except musicians, everyone thought Beethoven

[Adams] supposed that, except musicians, everyone thought Beethoven a bore, as every one except mathematicians thought mathematics a bore. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: History will die if not irritated. The only

History will die if not irritated. The only service I can do to my profession is to serve as a flea. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: The world grew cheap, as worlds must.

The world grew cheap, as worlds must. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: Analogies are figures intended to serve as fatal

Analogies are figures intended to serve as fatal weapons if they succeed, and as innocent toys if they fail. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Sherman Adams: Certain plants, like certain friends, you enjoy having

Certain plants, like certain friends, you enjoy having for a visit but do not care to see remain forever and a day. — Henry Sherman Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: Charles Sumner's mind had reached the calm of

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

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: Of all studies, the one he would rather

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

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: It is always good men who do the

It is always good men who do the most harm in the world. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: As a historian, he felt it his duty

As a historian, he felt it his duty to respect everything that had ever been respected, except for the occasional statesman. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: If one shed tears, they must be shed

If one shed tears, they must be shed on one's pillow. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: An American Virgin would never dare command; an

An American Virgin would never dare command; an American Venus would never dare exist. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: The mind resorts to reason for want of

The mind resorts to reason for want of training. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: The proof that a philosopher does not know

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

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: I have written too much history to have

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

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: History is the most aristocratic of all literary

History is the most aristocratic of all literary pursuits, because it obliges the historian to be rich as well as educated. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: I hate photographs abstractly, because they have given

I hate photographs abstractly, because they have given me more ideas perversely and immovably wrong, than I ever should get by imagination. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: The world is coming to an end in

The world is coming to an end in 1950. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: The tourist was the great conservative who hated

The tourist was the great conservative who hated novelty and adored dirt. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: Friends are born, not made.

Friends are born, not made. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest

Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: One could not stay a month without loving

One could not stay a month without loving the shabby town — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: The work of internal government has become the

The work of internal government has become the task of controlling the thousands of fifth-rate men. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: The progress of evolution from President Washington to

The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset Darwin. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: If I grapple with sin in my own

If I grapple with sin in my own strength, the devil knows he may go to sleep. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is

Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Gore Vidal: I cannot remember when I was not fascinated

I cannot remember when I was not fascinated by Henry Adams. — Gore Vidal

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: His brothers were the type; he was the

His brothers were the type; he was the variation. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: It is impossible to underrate human intelligence -

It is impossible to underrate human intelligence - beginning with one's own. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: When one thinks what one leaves in the

When one thinks what one leaves in the world when one dies, Only silence is strong, - all the rest is but lies. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: The best date movies give you something to

The best date movies give you something to talk about. A movie that's a downer is a great way to find out about someone. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: American art, like the American language and American

American art, like the American language and American education, was as far as possible sexless. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: One sought not absolute truth. One sought only

One sought not absolute truth. One sought only a spool on which to wind the thread of history without breaking it. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: Morality is a private and costly luxury.

Morality is a private and costly luxury. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: The Jewish question is really the most serious

The Jewish question is really the most serious of our problems. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: A friend in power is a friend lost.

A friend in power is a friend lost. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: Every mane should have a fair sized cemetery

Every mane should have a fair sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friend. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: Only on the edge of the grave can

Only on the edge of the grave can man conclude anything. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: History is only a catalogue of the forgotten.

History is only a catalogue of the forgotten. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: Young men have a passion for regarding their

Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: In practice, such trifles as contradictions in principle

In practice, such trifles as contradictions in principle are easily set aside; the faculty of ignoring them makes the practical man. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: Laplace would have found it child's-play to fix

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

Henry Adams Quotes By Robert Adams: Henry James proposed asking of art three modest

Henry James proposed asking of art three modest and appropriate questions: What is the artist trying to do? Does he do it? Was it worth doing? — Robert Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: We shall some day catch an abstract truth

We shall some day catch an abstract truth by the tail, and then we shall have our religion and our immortality. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: The chief wonder of education is that it

The chief wonder of education is that it does not ruin everybody concerned in it, teachers and taught. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. The

Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. The imagination must be given not wings but weights. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: He too serves a certain purpose who only

He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: Those who seek education in the paths of

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

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: No man, however strong, can serve ten years

No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain fit for anything else. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: Teachers affect eternity. There is no telling where

Teachers affect eternity. There is no telling where their influence stops. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: There is no such thing as an underestimate

There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligence. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had

Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: The photograph is a coarse fraud, and seems

The photograph is a coarse fraud, and seems to delight only in taking the whole beauty out of the picture. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: It [love] is a disease to be born

It [love] is a disease to be born with patience, like any nervous complaint, and to be treated with counter-irritants. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: We combat obstacles in order to get repose,

We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and when got, the repose is insupportable. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: For reasons which many persons thought ridiculous, Mrs.

For reasons which many persons thought ridiculous, Mrs. Lightfoot Lee decided to pass the winter in Washington. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: Teachers affect eternity; no one can tell where

Teachers affect eternity; no one can tell where their influence stops. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: The world can absorb only doses of truth,"

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

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Sherman Adams: Shun artificial rocks like the plague.

Shun artificial rocks like the plague. — Henry Sherman Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: Life is a narrow valley, and the roads

Life is a narrow valley, and the roads run close together — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: Politics cannot stop to study psychology Its methods

Politics cannot stop to study psychology Its methods are rough; its judgments rougher still. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: The less a tourist knows, the fewer mistakes

The less a tourist knows, the fewer mistakes he need make, for he will not expect himself to explain ignorance. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: The historian must not try to know what

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

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: He betrayed the consciousness that he and his

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

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: In the one branch he most needed

In the one branch he most needed — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: Boys naturally look on all force as an

Boys naturally look on all force as an enemy. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: Whenever a man reaches the top of the

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

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: A senator is like a begonia - showy

A senator is like a begonia - showy but useless. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: Every one who marries goes it blind, more

Every one who marries goes it blind, more or less. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: The American President resembles the commander of a

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

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: Seward would inspire a cow with statesmanship if

Seward would inspire a cow with statesmanship if she understood our language. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Thomas Pynchon: But as we all know, rock 'n' roll

But as we all know, rock 'n' roll will never die, and education too, as Henry Adams always sez, keeps going on forever. — Thomas Pynchon

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water

American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: No man means all he says, and yet

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

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: I want to be advertised and the easiest

I want to be advertised and the easiest way is to do something obnoxious and do it well. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: Nothing in education is so astonishing as the

Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: Nothing is easier to teach than historical method,

Nothing is easier to teach than historical method, but, when learned, it has little use. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: Accident counts for as much in companionship as

Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By John Taliaferro: My natural pessimism now works on Hay's natural

My natural pessimism now works on Hay's natural pessimism until we are both quite out of our minds." Henry Adams — John Taliaferro

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: Nothing is more tiresome than a superannuated pedagogue.

Nothing is more tiresome than a superannuated pedagogue. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: Henry James chews more than he bites off.

Henry James chews more than he bites off. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and

Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: Everyone must bear his own universe, and most

Everyone must bear his own universe, and most persons are moderately interested in learning how their neighbors have managed to carry theirs. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: A man must now swallow more belief than

A man must now swallow more belief than he can digest. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: Good men do the most harm.

Good men do the most harm. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: The capacity of women to make unsuitable marriages

The capacity of women to make unsuitable marriages must be considered as the cornerstone of society. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit. — Henry Adams

Henry Adams Quotes By Henry Adams: The proper study of mankind is woman.

The proper study of mankind is woman. — Henry Adams

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