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> [“Now let me begin by sketching for you a very agreeable picture. You are still, I should say, a youngish man by the world’s standards; your life, as people say, lies ahead of you; in the normal course you might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hilton/now-let-me-begin-by-sketching-for-you-a-very-agreeable-picture-you/)

[James Hilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hilton/)

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## More by James Hilton

> [“It seemed to him that the little Manchu had never looked so radiant. She gave him a most charming smile, but her eyes were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hilton/it-seemed-to-him-that-the-little-manchu-had-never-looked-so-radiant/)

[James Hilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hilton/)

> [if we have not found the heaven within,we have not found the heaven without](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hilton/if-we-have-not-found-the-heaven-within-we-have-not-found-the-heaven/)

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> [There's only one thing more important... and that is, after you've done what you set out to do, to feel that it's been worth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hilton/there-s-only-one-thing-more-important-and-that-is-after-you-ve-done/)

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> [The first quarter-century of your life was doubtless lived under the cloud of being too young for things, while the last quarter-century would normally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hilton/the-first-quarter-century-of-your-life-was-doubtless-lived-under-the/)

[James Hilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hilton/)

> [When you are getting on in years (but not ill, of course), you get very sleepy at times, and the hours seem to pass…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hilton/when-you-are-getting-on-in-years-but-not-ill-of-course-you-get-very/)

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> [“Perhaps the exhaustion of the passions is the beginning of wisdom, if you care to alter the proverb.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hilton/perhaps-the-exhaustion-of-the-passions-is-the-beginning-of-wisdom-if/)

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> [“On the night before the wedding, when Chips left the house to return to his hotel, she said, with mock gravity: "This is an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hilton/on-the-night-before-the-wedding-when-chips-left-the-house-to-return/)

[James Hilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hilton/)

> [“Now let me begin by sketching for you a very agreeable picture. You are still, I should say, a youngish man by the world’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hilton/now-let-me-begin-by-sketching-for-you-a-very-agreeable-picture-you/)

[James Hilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hilton/)

> [“Then, my son, when the strong have devoured each other, the Christian ethic may at last be fulfilled, and the meek shall inherit the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hilton/then-my-son-when-the-strong-have-devoured-each-other-the-christian/)

[James Hilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hilton/)

> [What a host of little incidents, all deep-buried in the past -- problems that had once been urgent, arguments that had once been keen,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hilton/what-a-host-of-little-incidents-all-deep-buried-in-the-past-problems/)

[James Hilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hilton/)

> [“Conway felt again, as he gazed up at the stupendous mountain wall, that there was a superb and exquisite peril in the scene; but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hilton/conway-felt-again-as-he-gazed-up-at-the-stupendous-mountain-wall-that/)

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> [“Cigars had burned low, and we were beginning to sample the disillusionment that usually afflicts old school friends who have met again as men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hilton/cigars-had-burned-low-and-we-were-beginning-to-sample-the/)

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> [“They were all, too, except himself, affected by the altitude. Even Barnard had sunk into melancholy under the strain. Mallinson was muttering to himself;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hilton/they-were-all-too-except-himself-affected-by-the-altitude-even/)

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> [“Laziness in doing stupid things can be a great virtue Chang - Lost Horizon (1933) ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hilton/laziness-in-doing-stupid-things-can-be-a-great-virtue-chang-lost/)

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> [“And so it stood, a warm and vivid patch in his life, casting a radiance that glowed in a thousand recollections.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hilton/and-so-it-stood-a-warm-and-vivid-patch-in-his-life-casting-a-radiance/)

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