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Henry B. Adams

Henry B. Adams

Country Unknown
Born Tuesday, 30 November -0001
Category Social Activists
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I am an anarchist in politics and an impressionist in art as well as a symbolist in literature. Not that I understand what these terms mean, but I take them to be all merely synonyms of pessimist. Uncategorized
We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and when got, the repose is insupportable. Uncategorized
We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and when got, the repose is insupportable. Uncategorized
We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and when got, the repose is insupportable. Uncategorized
There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligence. Uncategorized
The woman who is known only through a man is known wrong. Uncategorized
The proper study of mankind is woman. Uncategorized
The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset Darwin. Uncategorized
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. Uncategorized
The difference is slight, to the influence of an author, whether he is read by five hundred readers, or by five hundred thousand; if he can select the five hundred, he reaches the five hundred thousand. Uncategorized
The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek. Uncategorized
Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius. Uncategorized
Practical politics consists in ignoring facts. Uncategorized
Power when wielded by abnormal energy is the most serious of facts. Uncategorized
Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic. Uncategorized
Politics are a very unsatisfactory game. Uncategorized
Philosophy: Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems. Uncategorized
Only on the edge of the grave can man conclude anything. Uncategorized
No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about it himself. Uncategorized
Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education. Uncategorized