Henry Adams's Quotes

Henry Adams's Quotes 56

The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no other...

Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuses himself by applying...

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

The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a...

Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human...

Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it...

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

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

Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.

The Indian Summer of life should be a little sunny and a little sad, like the...

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

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

No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if...

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

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible....

A friend in power is a friend lost.

Friends are born, not made.

I have written too much history to have faith in it; and if anyone thinks I'm...

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

Good men do the most harm.

Philosophy . . .consists chiefly in suggesting unintelligible answers to...

The press is the hired agent of a monied system and set up for no other...

Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste and amuses himself by applying...

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