Friends are born, not made.
Henry Brooks Adams
- Life
- 1838-1918
- Occupations
- journalist, novelist, historian of Modern Age
- Notable works
- The Education of Henry Adams
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Morality is a private and costly luxury.
Henry Brooks Adams
One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.
Henry Brooks Adams
The woman who is known only through a man is known wrong.
Henry Brooks Adams
We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and, when got, the repose is insupportable.
Henry Brooks Adams