亨利·詹姆斯，OM，英国、美国的作家。他出身于纽约的上层知识分子家庭，父亲老亨利·詹姆斯是著名学者，兄长威廉·詹姆斯是知名的哲学家和心理学家。詹姆斯本人长期旅居欧洲，对19世纪末美国和欧洲的上层生活有细致入微的观察。

“Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.”

“人生三件事很重要：第一是善良； 二是要善良； 第三是善良。”

“Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.”
“夏日午后——夏日午后； 对我来说，那些一直是英语中最美丽的两个词。”

“It's time to start living the life you've imagined.”
“是时候开始过你想象中的生活了。”

“We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.”
“我们在黑暗中工作——我们尽我们所能——我们给予我们所拥有的。 我们的怀疑就是我们的热情，我们的热情就是我们的任务。 剩下的就是艺术的疯狂。”

“I call people rich when they're able to meet the requirements of their imagination.”
“当人们能够满足他们想象力的要求时，我就称他们为富人。”

“Live all you can: it's a mistake not to. It doesn't matter what you do in particular, so long as you have had your life. If you haven't had that, what have you had?”

“尽你所能地生活：不这样做是错误的。 你做什么并不重要，只要你有你的生活。 如果你没有，那你有什么？”

" If you've been hated, you've also been loved.”
“如果你被人恨过，你也会被爱过。”

“Try to be one of those on whom nothing is lost.”

“努力成为那些一无所失的人之一。”

"Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else, Judge everyone and everything for yourself"

"不要介意任何人告诉你关于其他人的任何事情，自己判断每一个人和每一件事'