Art is nothing more than the shadow of humanity.
HENRY JAMESI don’t care anything about reasons, but I know what I like.
More Henry James Quotes
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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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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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Ideas are, in truth, forces. Infinite, too, is the power of personality. A union of the two always makes history.
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I call people rich when they’re able to meet the requirements of their imagination.
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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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I think patriotism is like charity — it begins at home.
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She had an immense curiosity about life, and was constantly staring and wondering.
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The visible world is but man turned inside out that he may be revealed to himself.
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And we know that if it is strong, we are stronger, inasmuch as it passes and we remain.
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It is difficult to speak adequately or justly of London. It is not a pleasant place; it is not agreeable, or cheerful, or easy, or exempt from reproach. It is only magnificent.
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She feels in italics and thinks in CAPITALS.
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I’ve always expected the worst, and it’s always worse than I expected.
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Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else.
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if you are going to be pushed you had better jump
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It led rather downward and earthward, into realms of restriction and depression, where the sound of other lives, easier and freer, was heard as from above, and served to deepen the feeling of failure.
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