The artist is present in every page of every book from which he sought so assiduously to eliminate himself.
HENRY JAMESThings are always different from what they might be.
More Henry James Quotes
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Live all you can; it’s a mistake not to.
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You were ground in the very mill of the conventional.
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When you forget to eat, you know you’re alive.
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Until you try, you don’t know what you can’t do.
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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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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.
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I’ve always expected the worst, and it’s always worse than I expected.
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I call people rich when they’re able to meet the requirements of their imagination.
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Live as you like best and your character will take care of itself.
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Americans will eat garbage provided you sprinkle it liberally with ketchup.
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He is the same old sausage, fizzing and sputtering in his own grease.
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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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Excellence does not require perfection.
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Innocent and infinite are the pleasures of observation.
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A tradition is kept alive only by something being added to it.
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