Young men of this class never do anything for themselves that they can get other people to do for them, and it is the infatuation, the devotion, the superstition of others that keeps them going. These others in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred are women.
HENRY JAMESTo criticize is to appreciate, to appropriate, to take intellectual possession.
More Henry James Quotes
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All intimacies are based on differences.
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Art is nothing more than the shadow of humanity.
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Deep experience is never peaceful.
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Though there are some disagreeable things in Venice there is nothing so disagreeable as the visitors.
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I hold any writer sufficiently justified who is himself in love with his theme.
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You are good for nothing unless you are clever.
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I call people rich when they’re able to meet the requirements of their imagination.
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We work in the dark — we do what we can — we give what we have.
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It’s time to start living the life you’ve imagined.
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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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It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.
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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.
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To criticize is to appreciate, to appropriate, to take intellectual possession.
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It’s never permitted to be surprised at the aberrations of born fools.
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Never say you know the last word about any human heart.
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