“It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.”

Henry James

Henry James - “It takes a great deal of history to...” 1

Similar quotes

“No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself.”

James Russell Lowell
Read more

“The aim of science is to discover and illuminate truth. And that, I take it, is the aim of literature, whether biography or history... It seems to me, then, that there can be no separate literature of science.”

Rachel Carson
Read more

“See everything, overlook a great deal, correct a little.”

John XXIII
Read more

“See everything; overlook a great deal; correct a little.”

Pope John XXIII
Read more

“I don't know anything that mars a good literature so completely as too much truth. Facts contain a great deal of poetry, but you can't use too many of them without damaging your literature.”

Mark Twain
Read more