Author: Henry Adams

Quotes

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

One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.

One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.

- 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

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

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

- Henry Adams

A friend in power is a friend lost.

A friend in power is a friend lost.

- 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

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

- Henry Adams

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