I think patriotism is like charity — it begins at home.
HENRY JAMESHe is outside of everything, and alien everywhere. He is an aesthetic solitary.
More Henry James Quotes
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Be generous, be delicate, and always pursue the prize.
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God’s creature is one. He makes man, not men. His true creature is unitary and infinite, revealing himself, indeed, in every finite form, but compromised by none.
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Judge everyone and everything for yourself.
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I’m yours for ever–for ever and ever. Here I stand; I’m as firm as a rock. If you’ll only trust me, how little you’ll be disappointed. Be mine as I am yours.
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Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there.
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I don’t care anything about reasons, but I know what I like.
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Don’t underestimate the value of irony-it is extremely valuable.
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Live as you like best and your character will take care of itself.
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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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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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He is the same old sausage, fizzing and sputtering in his own grease.
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She had an unequalled gift, especially pen in hand, of squeezing big mistakes into small opportunities.
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Americans will eat garbage provided you sprinkle it liberally with ketchup.
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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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Art is nothing more than the shadow of humanity.
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