[Adams] supposed that, except musicians, every one thought Beethoven a bore, as every one except mathematicians thought mathematics a bore.


The Education of Henry Brooks Adams: An Autobiography (1919)

Henry Adams Quotes

[Adams] supposed that, except musicians, every one thought Beethoven a bore, as every one except mathematicians thought mathematics a bore.

[Adams] supposed that, except musicians, every one thought Beethoven a bore, as every one except mathematicians thought mathematics a bore.

[Adams] supposed that, except musicians, every one thought Beethoven a bore, as every one except mathematicians thought mathematics a bore.

[Adams] supposed that, except musicians, every one thought Beethoven a bore, as every one except mathematicians thought mathematics a bore.