Henry B. Adams Quotes

Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile. - Henry B. Adams

We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and when got, the repose is insupportable. - Henry B. Adams

The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset Darwin. - Henry B. 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. - Henry B. 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. - Henry B. Adams

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. - Henry B. Adams

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. - Henry B. Adams

Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius. - Henry B. Adams

Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man. - Henry B. Adams

Power when wielded by abnormal energy is the most serious of facts. - Henry B. Adams

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