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

Quote by Henry James

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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...

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

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

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...

Ideas are, in truth, force.

Ideas are, in truth, force.

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...

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...

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

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

There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony...

There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony...

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...

There are two kinds of taste, the taste for emotions of surprise and the taste...

There are two kinds of taste, the taste for emotions of surprise and the taste...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

We have lost the art of living, and in the most important science of all,...

We have lost the art of living, and in the most important science of all,...

Art is man's nature; nature is God's art

Art is man's nature; nature is God's art

Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has...

Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has...