He is the same old sausage, fizzing and sputtering in his own grease.
HENRY JAMESIdeas are, in truth, forces. Infinite, too, is the power of personality. A union of the two always makes history.
More Henry James Quotes
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I don’t care anything about reasons, but I know what I like.
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You were ground in the very mill of the conventional.
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To live in the world of creation-to get into it and stay in it-to frequent it and haunt it…to think intently and fruitfully, to woo combinations and inspirations into being by a depth and continuity of attention and meditation-this is the only thing.
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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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Live all you can; it’s a mistake not to.
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Until you try, you don’t know what you can’t do.
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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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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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What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?
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It’s time to start living the life you’ve imagined.
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Never say you know the last word about any human heart.
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Excellence does not require perfection.
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There’s no more usual basis of union than mutual misunderstanding.
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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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Sorrow comes in great waves…but rolls over us, and though it may almost smother us, it leaves us.
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