Famous Quotes by Henry Adams

Below are famous quotes by Henry Adams - US author, autobiographer, & historian (1838 - 1918).

A friend in power is a friend lost.

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

Friends are born, not made.

No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.

Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.

There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligence.

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