A tradition is kept alive only by something being added to it.
HENRY JAMESA man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to understand them is bad morals.
More Henry James Quotes
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He is the same old sausage, fizzing and sputtering in his own grease.
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The right time is any time that one is still so lucky as to have.
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I hold any writer sufficiently justified who is himself in love with his theme.
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She had an unequalled gift, especially pen in hand, of squeezing big mistakes into small opportunities.
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She is like a revolving lighthouse; pitch darkness alternating with a dazzling brilliancy!
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We work in the dark — we do what we can — we give what we have.
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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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Live as you like best and your character will take care of itself.
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The visible world is but man turned inside out that he may be revealed to himself.
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Art is nothing more than the shadow of humanity.
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if you are going to be pushed you had better jump
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In other words summarise intensely and deeply and keep down the lateral development. It should be a little gem of bright, quick, vivid form
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Money’s a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet.
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I’ve always expected the worst, and it’s always worse than I expected.
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Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there.
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