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

Quote by Henry James

Topics: Beauty Quotes, Language Quotes, Words Quotes

Ideas are, in truth, force.

Ideas are, in truth, force.

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....

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...

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...

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.

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 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 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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

In art economy is always beauty.

In art economy is always beauty.

An Englishman's never so natural as when he's holding his tongue.

An Englishman's never so natural as when he's holding his tongue.

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...

Summer afternoon - summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful...

Summer afternoon - summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful...

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...

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,...

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...