Deep experience is never peaceful.

Quote by Henry James

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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.

In museums and palaces we are alternate radicals and conservatives.

In museums and palaces we are alternate radicals and conservatives.

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

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

Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything...

Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything...

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...

Ideas are, in truth, force.

Ideas are, in truth, force.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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 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.

A samurai should always be prepared for death - whether his own or someone else's

A samurai should always be prepared for death - whether his own or someone else's

Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain.

Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain.

The aims of life are the best defense against death.

The aims of life are the best defense against death.