Over 15,000 quotations and famous quotes.
Home
Search Quotes
Browse Quotes
Documents
Submit a Quote
Report an Error
QuoteWorld
::
Henry Brooks Adams
:: It is impossible to underrate ...
View Quote
Email this Quote
"It is impossible to underrate human intelligence--beginning with one's own."
--
Henry Brooks Adams
Listed in:
Beginnings
,
Intelligence
,
Men
Rate Quote
Rating:
3.47
17 votes submitted
Tweet
Top 5 quotes from Henry Brooks Adams
"The best date movies give you something to talk about. A movie that's a downer is a great way to find out about someone."
"No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous."
"A teacher affects eternity he can never tell, where his influence stops."
"A friend in power is a friend lost."
"Friends are born, not made."
Top 5 quotes from Beginnings, Intelligence, Men
"Faith is a continuation of reason."
"When you hear a kind word spoken about a friend, tell him so."
"Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp -- or what's a heaven for?"
"It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority, merely because the majority is the majority. Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people."
"Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present-- which seldom happens to us."
Contact Us
Link to Us
Submit a Quote
Bookmark Us
Privacy Policy
QuoteWorld © 2012