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

Quote by Henry James

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To criticize is to appreciate, to appropriate, to take intellectual possession, to establish in fine...

To criticize is to appreciate, to appropriate, to take intellectual possession, to establish in fine...

Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second...

Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second...

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...

Summer afternoon...Summer afternoon... the two most beautiful words in the English language.

Summer afternoon...Summer afternoon... the two most beautiful words in the English language.

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.

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

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

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...

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...

The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to...

The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to...

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...

Live all you can; it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what...

Live all you can; it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what...

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.

Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second...

Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second...

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.

We work n the dark - we do what we can - we give what...

We work n the dark - we do what we can - we give what...

In museums and palaces we are alternate radicals and conservatives.

In museums and palaces we are alternate radicals and conservatives.

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...

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

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

Young men of this class never do anything for themselves that they can get other...

Young men of this class never do anything for themselves that they can get other...

I adore adverbs; they are the only qualifications I really much respect.

I adore adverbs; they are the only qualifications I really much respect.