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Very Quotes by Henry James
- [Thomas Henry] Huxley is a very genial, comfortable being-yet with none of the noisy and windy geniality of some folks here, whom you find with…
- The face of nature and civilization in this our country is to a certain point a very sufficient literary field. But it will yield its…
- My idea is this, that when you only love a little you’re naturally not jealous-or are only jealous also a little, so that it doesn’t…
- I don’t think I pity her. She doesn’t strike me as a girl that suggests compassion. I think I envy her... I don’t know whether…
- 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…
- You wanted to look at life for yourself - but you were not allowed; you were punished for your wish. You were ground in the…
- Live as you like best, and your character will take care of itself. Most things are good for you; the exceptions are very rare.
- I mean that everything this afternoon has been too beautiful, and that perhaps everything together will never be so right again. I'm very glad therefore…
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