I think patriotism is like charity — it begins at home.
HENRY JAMESWe work in the dark — we do what we can — we give what we have.
More Henry James Quotes
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The right time is any time that one is still so lucky as to have.
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Be generous, be delicate, and always pursue the prize.
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Things are always different from what they might be.
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Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.
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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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One doesn’t defend one’s god: one’s god is in himself a defense.
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I hold any writer sufficiently justified who is himself in love with his theme.
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A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to understand them is bad morals.
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Criticism talks a good deal of nonsense, but even its nonsense is a useful force. It keeps the question of art before the world, insists upon its importance.
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It’s never permitted to be surprised at the aberrations of born fools.
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I call people rich when they’re able to meet the requirements of their imagination.
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Ideas are, in truth, forces. Infinite, too, is the power of personality. A union of the two always makes history.
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All intimacies are based on differences.
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Excellence does not require perfection.
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Things are always different than what they might be…If you wait for them to change, you will never do anything.
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