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.

Quote by Henry Brooks Adams

Topics: Henry Brooks Adams Quotes

They know enough who know how to learn.

They know enough who know how to learn.

Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.

Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.

All taxation is an evil, but heavy taxes, indiscriminately levied on every everything are one...

All taxation is an evil, but heavy taxes, indiscriminately levied on every everything are one...

Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race...

Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race...

The work of internal government has become the task of controlling the thousands of fifth-rate...

The work of internal government has become the task of controlling the thousands of fifth-rate...

Politics are a very unsatisfactory game.

Politics are a very unsatisfactory game.

It [love] is a disease to be born with patience, like any nervous complaint, and...

It [love] is a disease to be born with patience, like any nervous complaint, and...

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

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

I tell you the solemn truth, that the doctrine of the Trinity is not so...

I tell you the solemn truth, that the doctrine of the Trinity is not so...

What one knows is, in youth, of little moment; they know enough who know how...

What one knows is, in youth, of little moment; they know enough who know how...

Law is merely the expression of the will of the strongest for the time being,...

Law is merely the expression of the will of the strongest for the time being,...

Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.

Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.

A friend in power is a friend lost.

A friend in power is a friend lost.

The work of internal government has become the task of controlling the thousands of fifth-rate...

The work of internal government has become the task of controlling the thousands of fifth-rate...

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell, where his influence stops.

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell, where his influence stops.

In practice, such trifles as contradictions in principle are easily set aside; the faculty of...

In practice, such trifles as contradictions in principle are easily set aside; the faculty of...

You can't use tact with a Congressman! A Congressman is a hog! You must take...

You can't use tact with a Congressman! A Congressman is a hog! You must take...

I am an anarchist in politics and an impressionist in art as well as a...

I am an anarchist in politics and an impressionist in art as well as a...

One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three hardly possible.

One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three hardly possible.

Thank God, I never was cheerful. I come from the happy stock of the Mathers,...

Thank God, I never was cheerful. I come from the happy stock of the Mathers,...