Deep experience is never peaceful.
HENRY JAMESCriticism 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.
More Henry James Quotes
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Art is nothing more than the shadow of humanity.
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One can’t judge till one’s forty; before that we’re too eager, too hard, too cruel, and in addition much too ignorant.
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Americans will eat garbage provided you sprinkle it liberally with ketchup.
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You were ground in the very mill of the conventional.
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Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.
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And remember this, that if you’ve been hated, you’ve also been loved.
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Don’t try so much to form your character – it’s like trying to pull open a tight, tender young rose.
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I think patriotism is like charity — it begins at home.
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If one is strong, one loves the more strongly.
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Don’t underestimate the value of irony-it is extremely valuable.
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If this was love, love had been overrated.
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Live as you like best and your character will take care of itself.
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I am incapable of telling you not to feel. Feel, feel, I say – feel for all you’re worth, and even if it half kills you, for that is the only way to live.
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We care what happens to people only in proportion as we know what people are.
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Be generous, be delicate, and always pursue the prize.
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