Henry Brooks Adams (February 16, 1838 – March 27, 1918normally called Henry Adams) was an American journalist, historian, academic and novelist.
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. Use this quote
At best, the renewal of broken relations is a nervous matter. Use this quote
Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts. Use this quote
Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education. Use this quote
All experience is an arch, to build upon. Use this quote
I have written too much history to have faith in it; and if anyone thinks I'm wrong, I am inclined to agree with him. Use this quote
No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about it himself. Use this quote
Friends are born, not made. Use this quote
One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim. Use this quote
Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit. Use this quote
