True happiness, we are told, consists in getting out of one's self, but the point is not only to get out - you must stay out; and to stay out you must have some absorbing errand

Quote by Henry James

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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 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.

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...

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...

Ideas are, in truth, force.

Ideas are, in truth, force.

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...

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...

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...

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

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