Quotes
Henry B. Adams
The woman who is known only through a man is known wrong.
Henry B. Adams
The proper study of mankind is woman.
Henry B. Adams
The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset Darwin.
Henry B. Adams
The progress of Evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence enough 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.