An Englishman’s never so natural as when he’s holding his tongue.
HENRY JAMESUnder certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.
More Henry James Quotes
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I am incapable of telling you not to feel. Feel, feel, I say – feel for all you’re worth, and even if it half kills you, for that is the only way to live.
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Excellence does not require perfection.
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You are good for nothing unless you are clever.
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I don’t care anything about reasons, but I know what I like.
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To myself – today – I need say no more. Large and full and high the future still opens. It is now indeed that I may do the work of my life. And I will.
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Judge everyone and everything for yourself.
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Things are always different than what they might be…If you wait for them to change, you will never do anything.
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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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I call people rich when they’re able to meet the requirements of their imagination.
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I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of an artistic process.
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She had an unequalled gift, especially pen in hand, of squeezing big mistakes into small opportunities.
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To believe in a child is to believe in the Future.
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I have performed the necessary butchery. Here is the bleeding corpse.
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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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