Well, well, Henry James is pretty good, though he is of the nineteenth century, and that glaringly.

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

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The correction of silence is what kills; when you know you have transgressed, and your...

The correction of silence is what kills; when you know you have transgressed, and your...

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for...

For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for...

Even if the doctor does not give you a year, even if he hesitates about...

Even if the doctor does not give you a year, even if he hesitates about...

Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.

Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.

So long as we love, we serve; so long as we are loved by others,...

So long as we love, we serve; so long as we are loved by others,...

Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords

Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords

Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it...

Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it...

In winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light. In summer quite...

In winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light. In summer quite...

That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much.

That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much.

If your morals make you dreary, depend on it, they are wrong.

If your morals make you dreary, depend on it, they are wrong.

There is no progress whatever. Everything is just the same as it was thousands, and...

There is no progress whatever. Everything is just the same as it was thousands, and...

Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has...

Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has...

For God's sake, give me the young man who has brains enough to make a...

For God's sake, give me the young man who has brains enough to make a...

I am in the habit of looking not so much to the nature of a...

I am in the habit of looking not so much to the nature of a...

The price we have to pay for money is sometimes liberty.

The price we have to pay for money is sometimes liberty.

All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.

All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

It is our illusions that create the world

It is our illusions that create the world

To be matter of fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy -- and...

To be matter of fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy -- and...