It is, I think, an indisputable fact that Americans are, as Americans, the most self-conscious people in the world, and the most addicted to the belief that the other nations of the earth are in a conspiracy to under value…

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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...

Deep experience is never peaceful.

Deep experience is never peaceful.

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...

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...

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.

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...

In museums and palaces we are alternate radicals and conservatives.

In museums and palaces we are alternate radicals and conservatives.

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...

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...

The superiority of one man's opinion over another's is never so great as when the...

The superiority of one man's opinion over another's is never so great as when the...

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.

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...

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...

Life is a predicament which precedes death.

Life is a predicament which precedes death.

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

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,...

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...

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....

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...