Excellence does not require perfection.
HENRY JAMESIf one is strong, one loves the more strongly.
More Henry James Quotes
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Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there.
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In art economy is always beauty.
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Live all you can; it’s a mistake not to.
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A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to understand them is bad morals.
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All intimacies are based on differences.
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However British you may be, I am more British still.
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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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Innocent and infinite are the pleasures of observation.
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We work in the dark — we do what we can — we give what we have.
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Life is a predicament which precedes death.
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One doesn’t defend one’s god: one’s god is in himself a defense.
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You are good for nothing unless you are clever.
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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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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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…he had long decided that abundant laughter should be the embellishment of the remainder of his days.
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