Ideas are, in truth, force.

Quote by Henry James

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In museums and palaces we are alternate radicals and conservatives.

In museums and palaces we are alternate radicals and conservatives.

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.

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.

Though there are some disagreeable things in Venice there is nothing so disagreeable as the...

Though there are some disagreeable things in Venice there is nothing so disagreeable as the...

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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 takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature

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

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 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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...