She had an unequalled gift, especially pen in hand, of squeezing big mistakes into small opportunities.
HENRY JAMES
I would give all I possess to get out of myself; but somehow, at the end, I find myself so vastly more interesting than nine tenths of the people I meet.
More Henry James Quotes
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She had an unequalled gift, especially pen in hand, of squeezing big mistakes into small opportunities.
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All intimacies are based on differences.
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Judge everyone and everything for yourself.
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If this was love, love had been overrated.
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It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance, for our consideration and application of these things, and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process.
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Though there are some disagreeable things in Venice there is nothing so disagreeable as the visitors.
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I have performed the necessary butchery. Here is the bleeding corpse.
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Be generous, be delicate, and always pursue the prize.
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I don’t care anything about reasons, but I know what I like.
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I call people rich when they’re able to meet the requirements of their imagination.
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Money’s a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet.
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A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to understand them is bad morals.
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Love has nothing to do with good reasons.
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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.
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