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.

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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...

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...

It's a complex fate, being an American, and one of the responsibilities it entails is...

It's a complex fate, being an American, and one of the responsibilities it entails is...

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...

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...

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...

I hate American simplicity. I glory in the piling up of complications of every sort....

I hate American simplicity. I glory in the piling up of complications of every sort....

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

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

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...

Ideas are, in truth, force.

Ideas are, in truth, force.

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...

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...

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...

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...

I've always been interested in people, but I've never liked them.

I've always been interested in people, but I've never liked them.

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...

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

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

In museums and palaces we are alternate radicals and conservatives.

In museums and palaces we are alternate radicals and conservatives.

Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there.

Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there.

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...