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

Quote by Henry James

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

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

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...

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...

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 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.

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...

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...

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...

Life is a predicament which precedes death.

Life is a predicament which precedes death.

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...

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

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

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

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

We work in the dark, We do what we can, We give what we have,...

We work in the dark, We do what we can, We give what we have,...

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

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

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...

There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony...

There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony...

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.

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...

Ideas are, in truth, force.

Ideas are, in truth, force.

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...