English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Henry James Quotes

People talk about the conscience, but it seems to me one must just bring it up to a certain point and leave it there. You can let your conscience alone if you're nice to the second housemaid.

Henry James

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Mark Helprin quote: "For a gift that does not find balance and a service that is..."
For a gift that does not find balance and a service that is not returned are worth less than a curse. Mark Helprin
Bertolt Brecht quote: "Mankind lives by its head Its head won't see him..."
Mankind lives by its head Its head won't see him through Inspect your own. What lives off that? At most a louse or two. Bertolt Brecht
I have sometimes been haunted with the idea that it was an imperative duty, knowing what I know, and having seen what I have seen, to do all that lies in my power to show the dangers and the evils of this frightful institution. Fanny Kemble
Women like to watch women fight because it makes them feel sort of empowered physically and mentally. They feel kind of jazzed and excited by it. Lucy Liu
That Beatle euphoria has always been there, and it's hard to be in a room with a Beatle and try to be totally natural. You never shake that off. Alan Parsons
William J. Clinton quote: "I still believe in a place called Hope."
I still believe in a place called Hope. William J. Clinton
Courage becomes a worthwhile and meaningful virtue when it is regarded not so much as a willingness to die manfully but as a determination to live decently. Thomas S. Monson
Laws for the liberal education of youth, especially of the lower class of people, are so extremely wise and useful, that, to a humane and generous mind, no expense for this purpose would be thought extravagant. John Adams
I must try and break through the cliches about Latin America. Superpowers and other outsiders have fought over us for centuries in ways that have nothing to do with our problems. In reality we are all alone. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Ryan White quote: "Rumors of sneezing, kissing, tears, sweat, and saliva..."
Rumors of sneezing, kissing, tears, sweat, and saliva spreading AIDS caused people to panic. Ryan White
Annie Dillard quote: "You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your..."
You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down. Annie Dillard
Inspired by the purse rather than the soul, the mercenary side fairly screams in many of the works put out by every day American publishers. Alma Gluck
The CIA could not face up to the American people and admit that its former employees had conspired to assassinate the President; so from the moment Kennedy's heart stopped beating, the Agency attempted to sweep the whole conspiracy under the rug. Jim Garrison
I hope, Cecily, I shall not offend you if I state quite frankly and openly that you seem to me to be in every way the visible personification of absolute perfection. Oscar Wilde
I'm very proud of what my parents achieved and what they stood for. They didn't have much, but in many ways they were richer than most. John Major