# Quote — Henry James, The Awkward Age

> 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.

- Author: [Henry James](https://www.leafyquotes.com/henry-james.md)
- Book: [The Awkward Age](https://www.leafyquotes.com/henry-james/the-awkward-age.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/henry-james/the-awkward-age/people-talk-about

## More from this book

> Most English talk is a quadrille in a sentry-box.

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> I never really have believed in the existence of friendship in big societies—in great towns and great crowds. It is a plant that takes times and space and air; and London society is a huge "squash," as we elegantly call it—an elbowing, pushing, perspiring, chattering mob.

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