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

Quote by Henry James

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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...

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...

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...

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...

True happiness, we are told, consists in getting out of one's self, but the point...

True happiness, we are told, consists in getting out of one's self, but the point...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

Do not mix de galloping of your horse, my knight, with the beating of your...

Do not mix de galloping of your horse, my knight, with the beating of your...

The action required to sustain human life is primarily intellectual: everything man needs has to...

The action required to sustain human life is primarily intellectual: everything man needs has to...

I have suffered much; preserve my life, lord, according to your word.

I have suffered much; preserve my life, lord, according to your word.