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.
HENRY JAMESTo criticize is to appreciate, to appropriate, to take intellectual possession.
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In other words summarise intensely and deeply and keep down the lateral development. It should be a little gem of bright, quick, vivid form
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Money’s a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet.
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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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Live as you like best and your character will take care of itself.
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Love has nothing to do with good reasons.
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I take up my own pen again – the pen of all my old unforgettable efforts and sacred struggles.
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If this was love, love had been overrated.
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Innocent and infinite are the pleasures of observation.
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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 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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Ideas are, in truth, forces. Infinite, too, is the power of personality. A union of the two always makes history.
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She had an unequalled gift, especially pen in hand, of squeezing big mistakes into small opportunities.
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Art is nothing more than the shadow of humanity.
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You are good for nothing unless you are clever.
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