Live all you can; it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what you do in particular, so long as you have your life. If you haven't had that what have you had?

Quote by Henry James

Topics: Life Quotes, Mistakes Quotes

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.

A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to...

A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to...

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.

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,...

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...

The right time is any time that one is still so lucky as to have.

The right time is any time that one is still so lucky as to have.

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

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

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 only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring the...

The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring the...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

Ideas are, in truth, force.

Ideas are, in truth, force.

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'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...

In art economy is always beauty.

In art economy is always beauty.

It is, I think, an indisputable fact that Americans are, as Americans, the most self-conscious...

It is, I think, an indisputable fact that Americans are, as Americans, the most self-conscious...

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...