Henry Adams on War
Browse 3 quotations attributed to Henry Adams, catalogued under war, with dates where available.
This page displays 3 quotations attributed to Henry Adams and filed under "war" in QuoteLineage. The selection is ordered by stored importance and quality scores, not citation counts. A topic label describes how an entry is catalogued; it does not establish the theme's importance in the author's work.
Attributed to Henry Adams, entry #198285: "...analogies are figures intended to serve as fatal weapons if they succeed, and as innocent toys if they fail."
Attributed to Henry Adams, entry #52711: "We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and, when got, the repose is insupportable."
3 Quotes by Henry Adams on War
"...analogies are figures intended to serve as fatal weapons if they succeed, and as innocent toys if they fail."
"We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and, when got, the repose is insupportable."
"In time one came to recognize the type in other men, with differences and variations, as normal; men whose energies were the greater, the less they wasted on thought; men who sprang from the soil to power; apt to be distrustful of themselves and of others; shy; jealous; sometimes vindictive; more or less dull in outward appearance; always needing stimulants, but for whom action was the highest stimulant — the instinct of fight."