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

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...

Vereker's secret, my dear man - the general intention of his books: the string the...

Vereker's secret, my dear man - the general intention of his books: the string the...

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

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

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.

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 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.

In art economy is always beauty.

In art economy is always beauty.

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.

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...

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...

However British you may be, I am more British still.

However British you may be, I am more British still.

Experience is never limited, and it is never complete; it is an immense sensibility, a...

Experience is never limited, and it is never complete; it is an immense sensibility, a...

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...

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,...

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

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

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...

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.

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.