No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about it himself.

Quote by Henry B Adams

Topics: Doubt Quotes, Intelligence Quotes

Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education.

Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education.

At best, the renewal of broken relations is a nervous matter.

At best, the renewal of broken relations is a nervous matter.

Only on the edge of the grave can man conclude anything.

Only on the edge of the grave can man conclude anything.

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

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

Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is...

Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is...

Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile.

Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile.

Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.

Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.

The proper study of mankind is woman.

The proper study of mankind is woman.

Intimates are predestined.

Intimates are predestined.

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

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

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

Morality is a private and costly luxury.

Morality is a private and costly luxury.

Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.

Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.

He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers.

He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers.

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

Philosophy: Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

Philosophy: Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

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

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

No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain...

No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain...

Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius.

Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius.

No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for...

No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for...