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

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

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

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...

Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.

Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

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

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

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

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

Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuse himself by applying it, triumphantly,...

Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuse himself by applying it, triumphantly,...

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

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

In plain words, Chaos was the law of nature Order was the dream of man.

In plain words, Chaos was the law of nature Order was the dream of man.

Philosophy: Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

Philosophy: Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

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

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

It is always good men who do the most harm in the world.

It is always good men who do the most harm in the world.

The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset...

The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset...

American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything...

American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything...

Friends are born, not made.

Friends are born, not made.

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

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

Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man.

Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man.

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...

The proper study of mankind is woman.

The proper study of mankind is woman.