All intimacies are based on differences.
HENRY JAMESTo criticize is to appreciate, to appropriate, to take intellectual possession.
More Henry James Quotes
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I’ve always expected the worst, and it’s always worse than I expected.
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I have performed the necessary butchery. Here is the bleeding corpse.
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What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?
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To establish in fine a relation with the criticized thing and to make it one’s own.
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Money’s a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet.
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He is the same old sausage, fizzing and sputtering in his own grease.
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The visible world is but man turned inside out that he may be revealed to himself.
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I think patriotism is like charity — it begins at home.
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An Englishman’s never so natural as when he’s holding his tongue.
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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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A tradition is kept alive only by something being added to it.
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Live as you like best and your character will take care of itself.
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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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Don’t try so much to form your character – it’s like trying to pull open a tight, tender young rose.
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Don’t underestimate the value of irony-it is extremely valuable.
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