Author: Henry Adams

Quotes

The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no other purpose than to tell lies where their interests are involved. One can trust nobody and nothing.

The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no other purpose than to tell lies where their interests are involved. One can trust nobody and nothing.

- Henry Adams

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

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

- Henry Adams

Friends are born, not made.

Friends are born, not made.

- Henry Adams

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

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

- Henry Adams

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

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

- 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

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

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

- 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

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

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