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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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The main object of the novel is to represent life. . .
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Life Man Novel Object Represent
Instead of leading to the high places of happiness, from which the world would seem to lie below one, so that one could look down with a sense of exaltation and advantage, and judge and choose and pity.
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Advantage Below Down Exailation Happiness Instead Lead Light One Pity Place Seen Sense World
In other words summarise intensely and deeply and keep down the lateral development. It should be a little gem of bright, quick, vivid form
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Deep Development Form Intensely Keep Lateral Quick Selection Summarise Vivid Word
Imbeciles to be in great places, people of sense in small, and mankind generally unhappy. But the world as it stands is no narrow illusion, no phantasm, no evil dream of the night; we wake up to it, forever and ever; and we can neither forget it nor deny it nor dispense with it.
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Country Forever Forget Generally Great Illusion Mankind Narrow People Sense Small Stand Unhappy Wake
She had an unequalled gift, especially pen in hand, of squeezing big mistakes into small opportunities.
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Especially Gift Hand Mistake Opportunity Pen Small Squeeze Unqualified
The superiority of one man’s opinion over another’s is never so great as when the opinion is about a woman.
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Another Feeling Great Man Old Opinion Superiority Think Woman
Though there are some disagreeable things in Venice there is nothing so disagreeable as the visitors.
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Country Disagreeable Nothing People Person Some Thing Visitor
Americans will eat garbage provided you sprinkle it liberally with ketchup.
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Country Eat Garbage Ketchup Provide Sprinkle
You wanted to look at life for yourself – but you were not allowed; you were punished for your wish.
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Allow Life Ook Punish Want Wish Yourself
It’s never permitted to be surprised at the aberrations of born fools.
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Aberration Born Fool never Permitted Surprise
We work in the dark — we do what we can — we give what we have.
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Dark Give Hard Motivation Success Work
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.
HENRY JAMES

Criticism Force Good Importance Insist Nonsense Talk Useful
Excellence does not require perfection.
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Excellence Perfection Require
We care what happens to people only in proportion as we know what people are.
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Care Happen Know Only People Proportion
Make the short story tremendously succinct – with a very short pulse or rhythm – and the closest selection of detail.
HENRY JAMES

Close Detail Make Pulse Rhythm Selection Short Story Succinct Tremendous Very
Sorrow comes in great waves…but rolls over us, and though it may almost smother us, it leaves us.
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Almost Come Great Leave Over Roll Smother Sorrow Us Wave

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