Life is a predicament which precedes death.

Quote by Henry James

Topics: Death Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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 an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.

It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.

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.

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

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

Summer afternoon...Summer afternoon... the two most beautiful words in the English language.

Summer afternoon...Summer afternoon... the two most beautiful words in the English language.

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.

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...

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...

In art economy is always beauty.

In art economy is always beauty.

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...

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...

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.