Henry Adams Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)
Henry Adams quotes and sayings page 5 (historian). Here's quote # 41 through 50 out of the 53 we have for him.
“Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic.”
“The woman who is known only through a man is known wrong.”
“Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.”
“Man is an imperceptible atom always trying to become one with God.”
“No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain fit for anything else.”
“He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers.”
“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.”
“Politics are a very unsatisfactory game.”
“The proper study of mankind is woman.”
“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.”
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