There are two kinds of taste, the taste for emotions of surprise and the taste for emotions of recognition.

Quote by Henry James

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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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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....

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

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

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.

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 takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...