I think patriotism is like charity — it begins at home.
HENRY JAMESI’ve always expected the worst, and it’s always worse than I expected.
More Henry James Quotes
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I would give all I possess to get out of myself; but somehow, at the end, I find myself so vastly more interesting than nine tenths of the people I meet.
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I take up my own pen again – the pen of all my old unforgettable efforts and sacred struggles.
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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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I don’t want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did.
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You are good for nothing unless you are clever.
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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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if you are going to be pushed you had better jump
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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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I’ve always expected the worst, and it’s always worse than I expected.
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If you have work to do, don’t wait to feel like it; set to work and you will feel like it.
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Innocent and infinite are the pleasures of observation.
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Never say you know the last word about any human heart.
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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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I think I don’t regret a single “excess” of my responsive youth I only regret, in my chilled age, certain occasions and possibilities I didn’t embrace.
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It is no wonder he wins every game. He has never done a thing in his life exept play games
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