Henry James
Henry James
Henry James, OM15 April 1843 – 28 February 1916) was an American-born writer. He is regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism. He was the son of Henry James, Sr. and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth15 April 1843
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
egg harbor leads people
She is the one who leads the people of Little Egg Harbor to freedom.
giving interesting people
I would give all I possess to get out of myself; but somehow, at the end, I find myself so vastly more interesting than nine tenths of the people I meet.
people eating tasting
There were always people to snatch at you, and it would never occur to them that they were eating you up. They did that without tasting.
nice people leave-me-alone
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.
writing people trying
If I should certainly say to a novice, 'Write from experience and experience only,' I should feel that this was rather a tantalizing monition if I were not careful immediately to add, 'Try to be one of the people on whom nothing is lost.'
freedom eye people
People can be in general pretty well trusted, of course--with the clock of their freedom ticking as loud as it seems to do here--to keep an eye on the fleeting hour.
judging people criticism
Of course you're always at liberty to judge the critic. Judge people as critics, however, and you'll condemn them all!
people care proportion
We care what happens to people only in proportion as we know what people are.
people imagination requirements
I call people rich when they're able to meet the requirements of their imagination.
people trying lost
Try to be one of the people on whom nothing is lost!
depends english-historian greater gulf happiness less people societies speaking
Law is stable; the societies we are speaking of are progressive. The greater or less happiness of a people depends on the degree of promptitude with which the gulf is narrowed.
law people degrees
Law is stable the societies we are speaking of are progressive. The greater or less happiness of a people depends on the degree of promptitude with which the gulf is narrowed.
people code customs
The Roman Code was merely an enunciation in words of the existing customs of the Roman people.
matter mistake
Live all you can; it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what you do in particular, so long as you have your life. If you haven't had that what have you had?