You were ground in the very mill of the conventional.
HENRY JAMESOne can’t judge till one’s forty; before that we’re too eager, too hard, too cruel, and in addition much too ignorant.
More Henry James Quotes
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It’s time to start living the life you’ve imagined.
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If I could pronounce the name James in any different or more elaborate way I should be in favor of doing it.
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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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I think I don’t regret a single “excess” of my responsive youth I only regret, in my chilled age, certain occasions and possibilities I didn’t embrace.
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Things are always different from what they might be.
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I call people rich when they’re able to meet the requirements of their imagination.
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I think patriotism is like charity — it begins at home.
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What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?
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Her imagination was by habit ridiculously active; when the door was not open it jumped out the window.
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Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.
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One doesn’t defend one’s god: one’s god is in himself a defense.
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Love has nothing to do with good reasons.
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Art is nothing more than the shadow of humanity.
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You must save what you can of your life; you musn’t lose it all simply because you’ve lost a part.
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Excellence does not require perfection.
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