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Most Quotes by Henry James
- Of course what he most intensely dreams of is being taken out on walks, and the more you are able to indulge him the more…
- The "germ," wherever gathered, has ever been for me, "the germ of a story," and most of the stories strained to shape under my hand…
- The power to guess the unseen from the seen, to trace the implication of things, to judge the whole piece by the pattern, the condition…
- Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.
- It is, I think, an indisputable fact that Americans are, as Americans, the most self-conscious people in the world, and the most addicted to the…
- My idea is this, that when you only love a little you’re naturally not jealous-or are only jealous also a little, so that it doesn’t…
- She envied Ralph his dying, for if one were thinking of rest that was the most perfect of all. To cease utterly, to give it…
- Live as you like best, and your character will take care of itself. Most things are good for you; the exceptions are very rare.
- London is on the whole the most possible form of life.
- Summer afternoon...Summer afternoon... the two most beautiful words in the English language.
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- The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution. — Hannah Arendt
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- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved. — Aristotle
- For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things… — Aristotle
- Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
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- My mother is the coolest, most amazing person I know. — J. J. Abrams
- The most deeply personal of my works are the non-fiction works, the autobiographical works, because there, I'm talking about myself very directly. — Paul Auster