Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language

Quote by Henry James

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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...

Deep experience is never peaceful.

Deep experience is never peaceful.

Ideas are, in truth, force.

Ideas are, in truth, force.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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 hold any writer sufficiently justified who is himself in love with his theme.

I hold any writer sufficiently justified who is himself in love with his theme.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...