I think I don't regret a single 'excess' of my responsive youth - I only regret, in my chilled age, certain occasions and possibilities I didn't embrace.

Quote by Henry James

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One might enumerate the items of high civilization, as it exists in other countries, which...

One might enumerate the items of high civilization, as it exists in other countries, which...

It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.

It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.

What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of...

What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of...

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...

I hold any writer sufficiently justified who is himself in love with his theme.

I hold any writer sufficiently justified who is himself in love with his theme.

There are two kinds of taste, the taste for emotions of surprise and the taste...

There are two kinds of taste, the taste for emotions of surprise and the taste...

In museums and palaces we are alternate radicals and conservatives.

In museums and palaces we are alternate radicals and conservatives.

A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to...

A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to...

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...

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

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

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.

I think I don't regret a single 'excess' of my responsive youth-I only regret, in...

I think I don't regret a single 'excess' of my responsive youth-I only regret, in...

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...

The superiority of one man's opinion over another's is never so great as when the...

The superiority of one man's opinion over another's is never so great as when the...

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.

Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated...

Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated...

Money's a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet.

Money's a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet.

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

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

This is why I studied literature in college. This is why I became a teacher:...

This is why I studied literature in college. This is why I became a teacher:...

The hunger for applause is the source for all conscious literature and heroism

The hunger for applause is the source for all conscious literature and heroism