You must save what you can of your life; you musn’t lose it all simply because you’ve lost a part.
HENRY JAMESI don’t want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did.
More Henry James Quotes
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Never say you know the last word about any human heart.
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It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.
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I don’t care anything about reasons, but I know what I like.
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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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However British you may be, I am more British still.
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You wanted to look at life for yourself – but you were not allowed; you were punished for your wish.
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The right time is any time that one is still so lucky as to have.
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Young men of this class never do anything for themselves that they can get other people to do for them, and it is the infatuation, the devotion, the superstition of others that keeps them going. These others in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred are women.
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Americans will eat garbage provided you sprinkle it liberally with ketchup.
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Life is, in fact, a battle. Evil is insolent and strong; beauty enchanting, but rare; goodness very apt to be weak; folly very apt to be defiant; wickedness to carry the day.
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To myself – today – I need say no more. Large and full and high the future still opens. It is now indeed that I may do the work of my life. And I will.
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All intimacies are based on differences.
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Art is nothing more than the shadow of humanity.
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An Englishman’s never so natural as when he’s holding his tongue.
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We care what happens to people only in proportion as we know what people are.
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