I call people rich when they’re able to meet the requirements of their imagination.
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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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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She is like a revolving lighthouse; pitch darkness alternating with a dazzling brilliancy!
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Money’s a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet.
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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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However British you may be, I am more British still.
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She had an immense curiosity about life, and was constantly staring and wondering.
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I think patriotism is like charity — it begins at home.
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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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I’ve always expected the worst, and it’s always worse than I expected.
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One can’t judge till one’s forty; before that we’re too eager, too hard, too cruel, and in addition much too ignorant.
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Excellence does not require perfection.
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Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.
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To take what there is in life and use it, without waiting forever in vain for the preconceived, to dig deep into the actual and get something out of that; this, doubtless, is the right way to live.
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if you are going to be pushed you had better jump
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Deep experience is never peaceful.
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