The thirteenth century knew more about religion and decorat… - Henry Adams

" "
The thirteenth century knew more about religion and decoration than the twentieth century will ever learn.

Henry Adams

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

English

Collect this quote

About Henry Adams

Henry Brooks Adams (16 February 1838 – 27 March 1918) was a U.S. historian, journalist, novelist and educator. He was the great-grandson of John Adams, grandson of John Quincy Adams and son of Charles Francis Adams, Sr.

Biography information from Wikiquote

Also Known As

Pen Names: Frances Snow Compton

Native Name: Henry Brooks Adams

Alternative Names: Henry B. Adams

All quotes from Henry Adams Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Henry Adams:

John Buchan Mary McCarthy G. K. Chesterton E. M. Forster Robertson Davies

Additional quotes by Henry Adams

Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. The imagination must be given not wings but weights.

All the steam in the world could not, like the Virgin, build Chartres.

Although the fault lay somewhere on the Administration, and could lie nowhere else, the trail always faded and died out at the point where any member of the Administration became visible.

The thirteenth century knew more about religion and decoration than the twentieth century will ever learn. - Henry Adams

About Henry Adams

Also Known As

Limited Time Offer

Additional quotes by Henry Adams

Limited Time Offer