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.
HENRY JAMESBe generous, be delicate, and always pursue the prize.
More Henry James Quotes
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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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Every good story is of course both a picture and an idea, and the more they are interfused the better.
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One doesn’t defend one’s god: one’s god is in himself a defense.
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Try to be one of the people on whom nothing is lost!
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Judge everyone and everything for yourself.
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It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.
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And remember this, that if you’ve been hated, you’ve also been loved.
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She had an immense curiosity about life, and was constantly staring and wondering.
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Be generous, be delicate, and always pursue the prize.
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There’s no more usual basis of union than mutual misunderstanding.
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However British you may be, I am more British still.
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Never say you know the last word about any human heart.
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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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His beautiful, light imagination is the wing that on the autumn evening just brushes the dusky window.
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Americans will eat garbage provided you sprinkle it liberally with ketchup.
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