Quotes and Quotations

Memorable Quotes and quotations from Henry Adams

Henry Adams US author, autobiographer, & historian (1838 - 1918)


Henry Adams -
- A friend in power is a friend lost.

Henry Adams -
- Friends are born, not made.

Henry Adams -
- A teacher affects eternity; He can never tell where his influence stops.

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

Henry Adams - The Education of Henry Adams
- A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

Henry Adams -
- No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.

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

Henry Adams -
- Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.