Quotes by Henry B. Adams
46 quotes by Henry B. Adams
Henry B. Adams, Historian, jurnalist and novelist
Was born on 16 feb 1838. Died on 27 mar 1918, at 80 years old.
Origin country: United States
A teacher affects eternity he can never tell, where his influence stops.
Quote by Henry B. Adams about influence, teachers, eternity
Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself.
Quote by Henry B. Adams about absolute, liberty
American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it.
Quote by Henry B. Adams about water, society, americans
Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.
Quote by Henry B. Adams about chaos, habits, order, life
Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuse himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels.
Quote by Henry B. Adams about rules
In plain words, Chaos was the law of nature Order was the dream of man.
Quote by Henry B. Adams about chaos, law, dream, order, nature, man
It is always good men who do the most harm in the world.
Quote by Henry B. Adams about man, world, good, good luck
It is impossible to underrate human intelligence - beginning with one's own.
Quote by Henry B. Adams about intelligence, beginning, impossible, human imperfections
Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education.
Quote by Henry B. Adams about beginning, education, knowledge, nature, human imperfections, end
No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about it himself.
Quote by Henry B. Adams about intelligence, faith, good, good luck, man
No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.
Quote by Henry B. Adams about thinking, man
