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

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

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...

Cats and monkeys, monkeys and cats - all human life is there

Cats and monkeys, monkeys and cats - all human life is there

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.

Life is a predicament which precedes death.

Life is a predicament which precedes death.

Ideas are, in truth, force.

Ideas are, in truth, force.

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...

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...

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,...

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

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

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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.

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...

Deep experience is never peaceful.

Deep experience is never peaceful.

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...

The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring the...

The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring the...