“I'm a perfectly equipped failure. (...) 'Thank goodness you're a failure- it's why I so distinguish you! Anything else to-day is too… — Henry James Copy Share Image
“[...] under the guise of caring only for intrinsic values Osmond lived exclusively for the world. Far from being its master as… — Henry James Copy Share Image
The only success worth one's powder was success in the line of one's idiosyncrasy... what was talent but the art of being… — Henry James Copy Share Image
“It was one of the secret opinions, such as we all have, of Peter Brench, that his main success in life would… — Henry James Copy Share Image
The advantage, the luxury, as well as the torment and responsibility of the novelist, is that there is no limit to what… — Henry James Copy Share Image
The main object of the novel is to represent life. . .The success of a work of art, to my mind, may… — Henry James Copy Share Image
“Whatever life you lead you must put your soul in it--to make any sort of success in it; and from the moment… — Henry James Copy Share Image
“It has not been a successful life.' 'No -- it has only been a beautiful one.” — Henry James Copy Share Image
It might seem that an egg which has succeeded in being fresh has done all that can reasonably be expected of it. — Henry James Copy Share Image
Though there are some disagreeable things in Venice there is nothing so disagreeable as the visitors. — Henry James Copy Share Image
“In literature we move through a blest world in which we know nothing except by style, but in which everything is saved by it.” — Henry James Copy Share Image
“I shall stay here as long as I may, I don't want to think — I needn't think. I don't care for anything but… — Henry James Copy Share Image
“...It often seemed to her that she thought too much about herself, you could have made her blush any day of the year, by… — Henry James Copy Share Image
“I reflected acutely that the sense of such differences, such superiorities of quality, always, on the part of the majority—which could include even stupid,… — Henry James Copy Share Image
“She had had a real fright but had fallen back to earth. The odd thing was that in her fall her fear too had… — Henry James Copy Share Image
“She had never met a woman who had less of that fault which is the principal obstacle to friendship - the air of reproducing… — Henry James Copy Share Image
If you have work to do, don't wait to feel like it; set to work and you will feel like it. — Henry James Copy Share Image
It is no wonder he wins every game. He has never done a thing in his life exept play games — Henry James Copy Share Image
![“[...] under the guise of caring only for intrinsic values Osmond lived exclusively for the world. Far from being its master as he pretended to be, he was its very humble servant, and the degree of its attention was his only measure of success. He lived with his eye on it from morning till night…” quote by Henry James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ae0/henry-james-417_measure-of-success_under-the-guise-of-caring-only-for-intri_726115.jpg)
