Author: Henry Adams

Quotes

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

Politics, as a practise, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.

Politics, as a practise, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.

- 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

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

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

- 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

It is always good men who do the most harm in the world.

It is always good men who do the most harm in the world.

- Henry Adams

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

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

A friend in power is a friend lost.

A friend in power is a friend lost.

- Henry Adams

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