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
travel taste inches
Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuses himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels.
inspirational leadership education
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.
dream nature men
Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.
friendship true-friend two
One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible.
government people political
A certain secret jealousy of the British Minister is always lurking in the breast of every American Senator, if he is truly democratic; for democracy, rightly understood, is the government of the people, by the people, for the benefit of Senators, and there is always a danger that the British Minister may not understand this political principle as he should.
marriage capacity cornerstones
The capacity of women to make unsuitable marriages must be considered as the cornerstone of society.
philosophy order medicine
Unity is vision; it must have been part of the process of learning to see.
teacher giving parent
A parent gives life, but as parent, gives no more. A murderer takes life, but his deed stops there. A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.
love friendship best-friend
A friend in power is a friend lost.
responsibility liberty ignoring-facts
Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself.
broken-heart broken-promises matter
At best, the renewal of broken relations is a nervous matter.
life change order
Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.
luxury morality ethics
Morality is a private and costly luxury.
order sloth laziness
We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and when got, the repose is insupportable.