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.
HENRY JAMESYou are good for nothing unless you are clever.
More Henry James Quotes
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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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I hold any writer sufficiently justified who is himself in love with his theme.
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Make the short story tremendously succinct – with a very short pulse or rhythm – and the closest selection of detail.
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His beautiful, light imagination is the wing that on the autumn evening just brushes the dusky window.
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The main object of the novel is to represent life. . .
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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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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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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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I call people rich when they’re able to meet the requirements of their imagination.
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In art economy is always beauty.
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An Englishman’s never so natural as when he’s holding his tongue.
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She had an unequalled gift, especially pen in hand, of squeezing big mistakes into small opportunities.
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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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It’s time to start living the life you’ve imagined.
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