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"23 Henry James Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 15 April 1843. Died: 28 February 1916 | Author |

It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.

Endless amount History Tradition
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I think I don't regret a single 'excess' of my responsive youth - I only regret, in my chilled age, certain occasions and possibilities I didn't embrace.

Think Excess Responsive youth Chilled age
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There are two kinds of taste, the taste for emotions of surprise and the taste for emotions of recognition.

Two kinds Taste Emotions Surprise
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I've always been interested in people, but I've never liked them.

Always Interested People Liked them
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What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?

Character Determination Incident
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The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to represent life.

Reason Existence Represent life
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Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.

Three things Human life Important
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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.

Superiority Man's opinion Never
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Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself.

Mind anything Anyone else Judge
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One might enumerate the items of high civilization, as it exists in other countries, which are absent from the texture of American life, until it should become a wonder to know what was left.

Enumerate High civilization Countries
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A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to understand them is bad morals.

Man Pretends Understand Women
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I hold any writer sufficiently justified who is himself in love with his theme.
I hold Sufficiently justified Love
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Life is a predicament which precedes death.

Life Predicament Death
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We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.

Dark Have Our doubt Passion
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In art economy is always beauty.

In art Economy Beauty
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Deep experience is never peaceful.

Deep experience Peaceful
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Money's a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet.
Money Thing Follow Charming
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It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.

Takes Great deal History Little literature
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The right time is any time that one is still so lucky as to have.

Right time Lucky Have
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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.

Certain circumstances Hours Life
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Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.

Summer afternoon Most beautiful Words
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It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance... and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process.

Art Makes life Makes importance Substitute
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To kill a human being is, after all, the least injury you can do him.

Kill Human being.injury
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Henry James Quotes & Sayings