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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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.

Experience is never limited, and it is never complete; it is an immense sensibility, a...

Experience is never limited, and it is never complete; it is an immense sensibility, a...

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...

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...

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...

In art economy is always beauty.

In art economy is always beauty.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The only success worth one's powder was success in the line of one's idiosyncrasy... what...

The only success worth one's powder was success in the line of one's idiosyncrasy... what...

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....

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

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

Cruel with guilt, and daring with despair, the midnight murderer bursts the faithless bar; invades...

Cruel with guilt, and daring with despair, the midnight murderer bursts the faithless bar; invades...

Sweet flowers are slow and weeds make haste

Sweet flowers are slow and weeds make haste

If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored,...

If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored,...