If this was love, love had been overrated.
HENRY JAMESThere’s no more usual basis of union than mutual misunderstanding.
More Henry James Quotes
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Life is a predicament which precedes death.
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Americans will eat garbage provided you sprinkle it liberally with ketchup.
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It’s never permitted to be surprised at the aberrations of born fools.
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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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The main object of the novel is to represent life. . .
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Love has nothing to do with good reasons.
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We work in the dark – we do what we can – we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.
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You wanted to look at life for yourself – but you were not allowed; you were punished for your wish.
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You must save what you can of your life; you musn’t lose it all simply because you’ve lost a part.
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Money’s a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet.
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You are good for nothing unless you are clever.
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Life is, in fact, a battle. Evil is insolent and strong; beauty enchanting, but rare; goodness very apt to be weak; folly very apt to be defiant; wickedness to carry the day.
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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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Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.
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Though there are some disagreeable things in Venice there is nothing so disagreeable as the visitors.
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