Author: 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

Every man who has at last succeeded, after long effort, in calling up the divinity which lies hidden in a woman's heart, is startled to find that he must obey the God he summoned.

Every man who has at last succeeded, after long effort, in calling up the divinity which lies hidden in a woman's heart, is startled to find that he must obey the God he summoned.

- Henry Adams

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

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

- Henry Adams

Politics... have always been the systematic organization of hatreds.

Politics... have always been the systematic organization of hatreds.

- Henry Adams

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

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

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

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

- Henry Adams

The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends by killing the victim's sympathies.

The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends by killing the victim's sympathies.

- Henry Adams

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

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