Quote by Henry James
It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradit

It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition. – Henry James

Other quotes by Henry James

Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language. – Henry James

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Summer
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The face of nature and civilization in this our country is to a certain point a very sufficient literary field. But it will yield its secrets only to a really grasping imagination. To write well and worthily of American things one need even more than elsewhere to be a master. – Henry James

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Imagination
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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 youre nice to the second housemaid. – Henry James

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alone
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Other Quotes from
History
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Black history is American history. – Morgan Freeman

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History

History is who we are and why we are the way we are. – David McCullough

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History

Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories. – Wendell Phillips

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History

It seems disingenuous to ask a writer why she, or he, is writing about a violent subject when the world and history are filled with violence. – Joyce Carol Oates

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History

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The majority see the obstacles the few see the objectives history records the successes of the latter, while oblivion is the reward of the former. – Alfred A. Montapert

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History

The divine right of husbands, like the divine right of kings, may, it is hoped, in this enlightened age, be contested without danger. – Mary Wollstonecraft

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Age

I think when you spread the wealth around its good for everybody. – Barack Obama

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good

Silent men like still waters, are deep and dangerous. – Proverb

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Men