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Henry Adams
Henry Adams
American Historian
Born: Feb 16, 1838
Died: Mar 27, 1918
Always He Man Only Politics Power
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A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. Henry Adams
Teacher Tell Never He His Affects Stops Influence Where Eternity
Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing up the world. Henry Adams
Day Science World Power Suicide Some Existence Up Blowing Commit May Human Race Mankind Human Race
Politics, as a practise, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds. Henry Adams
Politics Organization Whatever Systematic Practise Always Been Professions
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 Adams
Trust Nothing Other Press System Tell Lies Purpose Nobody Involved Hired Up Than Where Agent Interests Set
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 Adams
Men Power Victim Self Sort Effect Ends Tumor Aggravation Publicity Sympathies
It is always good men who do the most harm in the world. Henry Adams
Good World Men Good Men Most Always Who Harm
Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man. Henry Adams
Man Simplicity Betrayed Most Mistress Deceitful Ever
Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts. Henry Adams
Education Ignorance Science Nothing Astonishing Facts Accumulate Form Amount
He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers. Henry Adams
Politics Too Only Purpose He Cheers Certain Who Stands Serve
No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain fit for anything else. Henry Adams
Man Strong Else Ten Ten Years Remain Priest Schoolmaster However Years Fit Senator Anything Anything Else Serve
Politics are a very unsatisfactory game. Henry Adams
Politics Game Very
The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset Darwin. Henry Adams
Alone Progress President Evidence Evolution Darwin Upset Grant Washington
The woman who is known only through a man is known wrong. Henry Adams
Man Woman Only Through Wrong Known Who
No man should be in politics unless he would honestly rather not be there. Henry Adams
Politics Man Honestly Unless Would Rather He Should
Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile. Henry Adams
Passion Men Young Senile Regarding Young Men Elders
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. Henry Adams
Politics Art Pessimist Anarchist Take Merely Terms Well Understand Am Impressionist Literature Mean Them
Philosophy: Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems. Henry Adams
Problems Philosophy Answers Unintelligible
Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education. Henry Adams
Education Nature Knowledge Political Beginning Human Nature End Human
Thank God, I never was cheerful. I come from the happy stock of the Mathers, who, as you remember, passed sweet mornings reflecting on the goodness of God and the damnation of infants. Henry Adams
God You Happy Thank God Remember Goodness Sweet Mornings Never Come Cheerful Passed Infants Reflecting Stock Thank Who
A man must now swallow more belief than he can digest. Henry Adams
Man Digest Must More He Than Swallow Belief Now
Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage. Henry Adams
Marriage Accident Counts Much Companionship
Only on the edge of the grave can man conclude anything. Henry Adams
Man Edge Only Conclude Anything Grave
Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuses himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels. Henry Adams
Travel Own Everyone Rule Carries He Himself His Taste Wherever Inch Travels Applying
Intimates are predestined. Henry Adams
Predestined
Power when wielded by abnormal energy is the most serious of facts. Henry Adams
Power Energy Abnormal Facts Most Serious
Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius. Henry Adams
Genius Highest Forces
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