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.
HENRY JAMESWe work in the dark — we do what we can — we give what we have.
More Henry James Quotes
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Instead of leading to the high places of happiness, from which the world would seem to lie below one, so that one could look down with a sense of exaltation and advantage, and judge and choose and pity.
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To take what there is in life and use it, without waiting forever in vain for the preconceived, to dig deep into the actual and get something out of that; this, doubtless, is the right way to live.
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Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there.
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He is the same old sausage, fizzing and sputtering in his own grease.
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Life is a predicament which precedes death.
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Don’t underestimate the value of irony-it is extremely valuable.
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To establish in fine a relation with the criticized thing and to make it one’s own.
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I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of an artistic process.
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It is no wonder he wins every game. He has never done a thing in his life exept play games
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To believe in a child is to believe in the Future.
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However British you may be, I am more British still.
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Ideas are, in truth, forces. Infinite, too, is the power of personality. A union of the two always makes history.
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Never say you know the last word about any human heart.
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In art economy is always beauty.
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I don’t care anything about reasons, but I know what I like.
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