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

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Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on...

Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on...

To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life.

To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life.

Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business, is only to be sustained by...

Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business, is only to be sustained by...

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.

There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By...

There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By...

There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in...

There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in...

Vanity dies hard; in some obstinate cases it outlives the man.

Vanity dies hard; in some obstinate cases it outlives the man.

In the law of God, there is no statute of limitations.

In the law of God, there is no statute of limitations.

Every one lives by selling something.

Every one lives by selling something.

To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.

To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.

I find it useful to remember, everyone lives by selling something.

I find it useful to remember, everyone lives by selling something.

You can read Kant by yourself, if you wanted to; but you must share a...

You can read Kant by yourself, if you wanted to; but you must share a...

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

It is not likely that posterity will fall in love with us, but not impossible...

It is not likely that posterity will fall in love with us, but not impossible...

Everybody, sooner or later, sits down to a banquet of consequences.

Everybody, sooner or later, sits down to a banquet of consequences.

I regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion.

I regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion.

All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.

All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.

In every part and corner of our life, to lose oneself is to be the...

In every part and corner of our life, to lose oneself is to be the...

I wasnt born with enough middle fingers to let you know how I feel.

I wasnt born with enough middle fingers to let you know how I feel.

We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than...

We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than...