Every man who has at last succeeded, after long effort, in calling up the divinity which — Henry Brooks Adams
I am an anarchist in politics and an impressionist in art as well as a symbolist in literature. — Henry Brooks Adams
The difference is slight, to the influence of an author, whether he is read by 500 readers — Henry Brooks Adams
Thank God, I never was cheerful. I come from the happy stock of the mathers, who — Henry Brooks Adams
I tell you the solemn truth, that the doctrine of the trinity is not so difficult to accept for — Henry Brooks Adams
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. — Henry Brooks Adams
No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous. — Henry Brooks Adams
The indian summer of life should be a little sunny and a little sad, like the season, and infinite in — Henry Brooks Adams
American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it. — Henry Brooks Adams
Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual — Henry Brooks Adams
No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or senator, and remain fit for anything else. — Henry Brooks Adams
No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about it himself. — Henry Brooks 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 Brooks Adams