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Discover the thoughtful and inspirational Quotes of Henry Adams, a philosopher and author. Our collection of his most impactful quotes reflects his deep understanding of language, philosophy, and history.
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Henry Adams

Politics… have always been the systematic organization of hatreds.

– Henry Adams

Henry Adams

A man must now swallow more belief than he can digest.

– Henry Adams

Henry Adams

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

Henry Adams

Every man who has at last succeeded, after long effort, in calling up the divinity which lies hidden in a woman’s heart, is startled to find that he must obey the God he summoned.

– Henry Adams

Henry Adams

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

Henry Adams

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

– Henry Adams

Henry 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 Adams

Henry 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 Adams

Henry Adams

Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius.

– Henry Adams

Henry Adams

Power when wielded by abnormal energy is the most serious of facts.

– Henry Adams

Henry Adams

Intimates are predestined.

– Henry Adams

Henry Adams

American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it.

– Henry Adams

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