Live all you can; it’s a mistake not to.
HENRY JAMESShe feels in italics and thinks in CAPITALS.
More Henry James Quotes
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Live all you can; it’s a mistake not to.
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I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of an artistic process.
HENRY JAMESI know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of an artistic process.
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…he had long decided that abundant laughter should be the embellishment of the remainder of his days.
HENRY JAMES…he had long decided that abundant laughter should be the embellishment of the remainder of his days.
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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.
HENRY JAMESWe 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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Try to be one of the people on whom nothing is lost!
HENRY JAMESTry to be one of the people on whom nothing is lost!
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What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?
HENRY JAMESWhat is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?
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To criticize is to appreciate, to appropriate, to take intellectual possession.
HENRY JAMESTo criticize is to appreciate, to appropriate, to take intellectual possession.
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The visible world is but man turned inside out that he may be revealed to himself.
HENRY JAMESThe visible world is but man turned inside out that he may be revealed to himself.
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If one is strong, one loves the more strongly.
HENRY JAMESIf one is strong, one loves the more strongly.
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Instead of leading to the high places of happiness, from which the world would seem to lie below one, so that one could look down with a sense of exaltation and advantage, and judge and choose and pity.
HENRY JAMESInstead of leading to the high places of happiness, from which the world would seem to lie below one, so that one could look down with a sense of exaltation and advantage, and judge and choose and pity.
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I think patriotism is like charity — it begins at home.
HENRY JAMESI think patriotism is like charity — it begins at home.
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You are good for nothing unless you are clever.
HENRY JAMESYou are good for nothing unless you are clever.
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The superiority of one man’s opinion over another’s is never so great as when the opinion is about a woman.
HENRY JAMESThe superiority of one man’s opinion over another’s is never so great as when the opinion is about a woman.
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To establish in fine a relation with the criticized thing and to make it one’s own.
HENRY JAMESTo establish in fine a relation with the criticized thing and to make it one’s own.
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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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It’s time to start living the life you’ve imagined.
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