The woman who is known only through a man is known wrong. Henry Adams More Quotes by Henry Adams More Quotes From Henry Adams You say that love is nonsense. I tell you it is no such thing. For weeks and months it is a steady physical pain, an ache about the heart, never leaving one, by night or by day; a long strain on one's nerves like toothache or rheumatism, not intolerable at any one instant, but exhausting by its steady drain on the strength. Henry Adams broken-heartpainlove As history stands, it is a sort of Chinese play, without end andl without lesson. With these impressions I wrote the last line of my History, asking for a round century before going further. Henry Adams chineseplayhistory History is the most aristocratic of all literary pursuits, because it obliges the historian to be rich as well as educated. Henry Adams pursuitrichhistory History is only a catalogue of the forgotten. Henry Adams cataloguesforgottenhistory Nothing is easier than to teach historical method, but, when learned, it has little use. Henry Adams historicalusehistory My own conclusion is that history is simply social development along the lines of weakest resistance, and that in most cases the line of weakest resistance is found as unconsciously by society as by water. Henry Adams developmentwaterhistory History is only a value of relation. Henry Adams valuesrelationhistory Every man should have a fair-sized cemetary in which to bury the faults of his friends. Henry Adams funny-friendfriendshipmen Teachers affect eternity; no one can tell where their influence stops. Henry Adams influencepowerfulteacher Silence alone is respectable and respected. I believe God to be silence. Henry Adams silencerespectablebelieve American politics is a struggle, not of men but of forces. The men become every year more and more creatures of force, massed about central power houses. Henry Adams strugglemenyears Power when wielded by abnormal energy is the most serious of facts. Henry Adams abnormalbullyingenergy In practice, such trifles as contradictions in principle are easily set aside; the faculty of ignoring them makes the practical man. Henry Adams principlespracticemen Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. The imagination must be given not wings but weights. Henry Adams weightimaginationwings It is always good men who do the most harm in the world. Henry Adams civil-warpoliticalmen 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 Adams too-muchhave-faiththinking Man is an imperceptible atom always trying to become one with God. Henry Adams always-tryinggodmen No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous. Henry Adams truthmenmean No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain fit for anything else. Henry Adams strongmenreality Only on the edge of the grave can man conclude anything. Henry Adams gravesedgesmen
