Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there.
HENRY JAMESYoung men of this class never do anything for themselves that they can get other people to do for them, and it is the infatuation, the devotion, the superstition of others that keeps them going. These others in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred are women.
More Henry James Quotes
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The power to guess the unseen from the seen, to trace the implications of things, to judge the whole piece by the pattern . . . this cluster of gifts may almost be said to constitute experience.
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In art economy is always beauty.
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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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Try to be one of the people on whom nothing is lost!
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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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Every good story is of course both a picture and an idea, and the more they are interfused the better.
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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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I don’t want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did.
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When you forget to eat, you know you’re alive.
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Live all you can; it’s a mistake not to.
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If this was love, love had been overrated.
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A tradition is kept alive only by something being added to it.
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To take what there is in life and use it, without waiting forever in vain for the preconceived, to dig deep into the actual and get something out of that; this, doubtless, is the right way to live.
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I don’t care anything about reasons, but I know what I like.
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Excellence does not require perfection.
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