The superiority of one man’s opinion over another’s is never so great as when the opinion is about a woman.
HENRY JAMESTo believe in a child is to believe in the Future.
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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You are good for nothing unless you are clever.
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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.
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I’ve always expected the worst, and it’s always worse than I expected.
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She feels in italics and thinks in CAPITALS.
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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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I think patriotism is like charity — it begins at home.
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If this was love, love had been overrated.
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What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?
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Try to be one of the people on whom nothing is lost!
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I don’t want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did.
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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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There were several ways of understanding her: there was what she said, and there was what she meant, and there was something between the two, that was neither.
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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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I’m yours for ever–for ever and ever. Here I stand; I’m as firm as a rock. If you’ll only trust me, how little you’ll be disappointed. Be mine as I am yours.
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