Henry Adams
Henry Adams
Henry Brooks Adamswas an American historian and member of the Adams political family, being descended from two U.S. Presidents...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth16 February 1838
CityBoston, MA
CountryUnited States of America
Henry Adams quotes about
sea president ships
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.
organization hatred politics
Politics, as a practise, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.
witty science political-will
Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.
marriage chance companionship
Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.
god men always-trying
Man is an imperceptible atom always trying to become one with God.
differences influence select
The difference is slight, to the influence of an author, whether he is read by five hundred readers, or by five hundred thousand; if he can select the five hundred, he reaches the five hundred thousand.
doctrine physics accepting
I tell you the solemn truth, that the doctrine of the Trinity is not so difficult to accept for a working proposition as any one of the axioms of physics.
passion men young
Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile.
political upset progress
The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset Darwin.
power political president
Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic.
tears shed ifs
If one shed tears, they must be shed on one's pillow.
travel dirt novelty
The tourist was the great conservative who hated novelty and adored dirt.
boys men broken
A boy's will is his life, and he dies when it is broken, as the colt dies in harness, taking a new nature in becoming tame.
family brother variation
His brothers were the type; he was the variation.