--- title: "3 Virgin Quotes By Henry Adams" description: "3 Virgin quotes by Henry Adams. Plus more from Henry Adams and more Virgin sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbd/henry-adams-1542_action_the-virgin-filled-so-enormous-a-space-in_187283.png" --- > [The Virgin filled so enormous a space in the life and thought of the time that one stands now helpless before the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/the-virgin-filled-so-enormous-a-space-in-the-life-and-thought-of-the/) [Henry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbd/henry-adams-1542_action_the-virgin-filled-so-enormous-a-space-in_187283.png) > [If it were worth while to argue a paradox, one might maintain that nature regards the female as the essential, the male…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/if-it-were-worth-while-to-argue-a-paradox-one-might-maintain-that/) [Henry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2bd/henry-adams-1542_acquaintance_if-it-were-worth-while-to-argue-a-parado_545899.png) > [An American Virgin would never dare command; an American Venus would never dare exist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/an-american-virgin-would-never-dare-command-an-american-venus-would/) [Henry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4f/henry-adams-1542_command_an-american-virgin-would-never-dare-comm_1549680.png) ## Other authors on Virgin - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-richard-branson-78442.jpg) Richard Branson 30 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/virgin/richard-branson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-m-f-moonzajer-244.jpg) M.F. Moonzajer 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/virgin/m-f-moonzajer/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jessica-valenti-49416.jpg) Jessica Valenti 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/virgin/jessica-valenti/) ## More by Henry Adams > [I am fairly tired--bored beyond endurance--by the world we live in, and its ideals, and am ready to say so, not violently, but kindly,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/i-am-fairly-tired-bored-beyond-endurance-by-the-world-we-live-in-and/) [Henry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-adams/) > [“One had heard and read a great deal about death, and even seen a little of it, and knew by heart the thousand commonplaces…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/one-had-heard-and-read-a-great-deal-about-death-and-even-seen-a/) [Henry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-adams/) > [Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/chaos-often-breeds-life-when-order-breeds-habit/) [Henry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-adams/) > [The chief wonder of education is that it does not ruin everybody concerned in it, teachers and taught.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/the-chief-wonder-of-education-is-that-it-does-not-ruin-everybody/) [Henry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-adams/) > [The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/the-american-president-resembles-the-commander-of-a-ship-at-sea-he/) [Henry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-adams/) > [The proof that a philosopher does not know what he is talking about is apt to sadden his followers before it reacts on himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/the-proof-that-a-philosopher-does-not-know-what-he-is-talking-about/) [Henry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-adams/) > [No man should be in politics unless he would honestly rather not be there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/no-man-should-be-in-politics-unless-he-would-honestly-rather-not-be/) [Henry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-adams/) > [In the history of the United States, there is no continuity at all. You can cut through it anywhere and nothing on this side…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/in-the-history-of-the-united-states-there-is-no-continuity-at-all-you/) [Henry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-adams/) > [“Washington was no politician as we understand the word," replied Ratcliffe abruptly. "He stood outside of politics. The thing couldn't be done today. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/washington-was-no-politician-as-we-understand-the-word-replied/) [Henry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-adams/) > [Power when wielded by abnormal energy is the most serious of facts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/power-when-wielded-by-abnormal-energy-is-the-most-serious-of-facts/) [Henry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-adams/) > [If I grapple with sin in my own strength, the devil knows he may go to sleep.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/if-i-grapple-with-sin-in-my-own-strength-the-devil-knows-he-may-go-to/) [Henry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-adams/) > [All State education is a sort of dynamo machine for polarizing the popular mind; for turning and holding its lines of force in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/all-state-education-is-a-sort-of-dynamo-machine-for-polarizing-the/) [Henry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-adams/) > [You may cut off the heads of every rich man now living--of every statesman--every literary, and every scientific authority, without in the least changing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/you-may-cut-off-the-heads-of-every-rich-man-now-living-of-every/) [Henry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-adams/) > [History is the most aristocratic of all literary pursuits, because it obliges the historian to be rich as well as educated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/history-is-the-most-aristocratic-of-all-literary-pursuits-because-it/) [Henry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-adams/) > [The philosopher says--I am, and the church scouts his philosophy. She answers:--No! you are NOT, you have no existence of your own. You were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/the-philosopher-says-i-am-and-the-church-scouts-his-philosophy-she/) [Henry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-adams/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/virgin/henry-adams/#itemlist", "name": "3 Virgin Quotes By Henry Adams", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Virgin filled so enormous a space in the life and thought of the time that one stands now helpless before the mass of testimony to her direct action and constant presence in every moment and form of the illusion which men thought they thought their existence.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Henry Adams" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/the-virgin-filled-so-enormous-a-space-in-the-life-and-thought-of-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbd/henry-adams-1542_action_the-virgin-filled-so-enormous-a-space-in_187283.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbd/henry-adams-1542_action_the-virgin-filled-so-enormous-a-space-in_187283.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbd/henry-adams-1542_action_the-virgin-filled-so-enormous-a-space-in_187283.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The Virgin filled so enormous a space in the life and thought of the time that one stands now helpless…” — Henry Adams", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If it were worth while to argue a paradox, one might maintain that nature regards the female as the essential, the male as the superfluity of her world. 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