Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.

Quote by Henry James

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The face of nature and civilization in this our country is to a certain point...

The face of nature and civilization in this our country is to a certain point...

An Englishman's never so natural as when he's holding his tongue.

An Englishman's never so natural as when he's holding his tongue.

However British you may be, I am more British still.

However British you may be, I am more British still.

It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.

It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.

The only success worth one's powder was success in the line of one's idiosyncrasy... what...

The only success worth one's powder was success in the line of one's idiosyncrasy... what...

Vereker's secret, my dear man - the general intention of his books: the string the...

Vereker's secret, my dear man - the general intention of his books: the string the...

To kill a human being is, after all, the least injury you can do him.

To kill a human being is, after all, the least injury you can do him.

The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring the...

The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring the...

Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there.

Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there.

It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance... and I know of no...

It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance... and I know of no...

It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature

It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature

The right time is any time that one is still so lucky as to have.

The right time is any time that one is still so lucky as to have.

Life is a predicament which precedes death.

Life is a predicament which precedes death.

If I were to live my life over again, I would be an American. I...

If I were to live my life over again, I would be an American. I...

Summer afternoon - summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful...

Summer afternoon - summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful...

Ideas are, in truth, force.

Ideas are, in truth, force.

Cats and monkeys, monkeys and cats - all human life is there

Cats and monkeys, monkeys and cats - all human life is there

It is, I think, an indisputable fact that Americans are, as Americans, the most self-conscious...

It is, I think, an indisputable fact that Americans are, as Americans, the most self-conscious...

In museums and palaces we are alternate radicals and conservatives.

In museums and palaces we are alternate radicals and conservatives.

People talk about the conscience, but it seems to me one must just bring it...

People talk about the conscience, but it seems to me one must just bring it...