You wanted to look at life for yourself – but you were not allowed; you were punished for your wish.
HENRY JAMESIt is no wonder he wins every game. He has never done a thing in his life exept play games
More Henry James Quotes
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Live all you can; it’s a mistake not to.
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It is difficult to speak adequately or justly of London. It is not a pleasant place; it is not agreeable, or cheerful, or easy, or exempt from reproach. It is only magnificent.
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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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If one is strong, one loves the more strongly.
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Art is nothing more than the shadow of humanity.
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Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else.
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Judge everyone and everything for yourself.
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Things are always different from what they might be.
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She had an unequalled gift, especially pen in hand, of squeezing big mistakes into small opportunities.
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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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I have performed the necessary butchery. Here is the bleeding corpse.
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It’s time to start living the life you’ve imagined.
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In art economy is always beauty.
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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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Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there.
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