People talk about the conscience, but it seems to me one must just bring it up to a certain point and leave it there. You can let your conscience alone if you're nice to the second housemaid.

Quote by Henry James

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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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

Deep experience is never peaceful.

Deep experience is never peaceful.

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.

I think I don't regret a single 'excess' of my responsive youth - I only...

I think I don't regret a single 'excess' of my responsive youth - I only...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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,...

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....

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...