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Henry James quotes about good

American Writer April 15, 1843 – February 28, 1916

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Henry James quote: "Make up to a good one and marry here, and your life will..."
Make up to a good one and marry here, and your life will become much more interesting. Henry James
Henry James quote: "Love has nothing to do with good reasons."
Love has nothing to do with good reasons. Henry James
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 be defiant; wickedness to carry the day; imbeciles to be in great places, people of sense in small, and mankind generally unhappy. But the world as it stands is no narrow illusion, no phantasm, no evil dream of the night; we wake up to it, forever and ever; and we can neither forget it nor deny it nor dispense with it. Henry James
The girl had a certain nobleness of imagination, which rendered her a good many services and played her a great many tricks. She spent half her time in thinking of beauty, bravery, magnanimity; she had a fixed determination to regard the world as a place of brightness, of free expansion, of irresistible action, she thought it would be detestable to be afraid or ashamed. She had an infinite hope that she would never do anything wrong. She had resented so strongly, after discovering them, her... Henry James
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 hideous. Look about you- look at the successes. Would you be one, on your honour? Henry James
Live as you like best, and your character will take care of itself. Most things are good for you; the exceptions are very rare. Henry James
Besides, he was a philosopher; he smoked a good many cigars over his disappointment, and in thefulness of time he got used to it. Henry James
Our relation, all round, exists--it's a reality, and a very good one; we're mixed up, so to speak, and it's too late to change it. We must live IN it and with it Henry James
Nothing, of course, will ever take the place of the good old fashion of 'liking' a work of art or not liking it; the more improved criticism will not abolish that primitive, that ultimate, test. Henry James
Henry James quote: "Living as he now lived was like reading a good book in a poor..."
Living as he now lived was like reading a good book in a poor translation... Henry James
Criticism talks a good deal of nonsense, but even its nonsense is a useful force. It keeps the question of art before the world, insists upon its importance. Henry James
It had been devilish awkward, as the young men say, to be found by Juliana in the dead of night examining the attachment of her bureau; and it had not been less so to have to believe for a good many hours after that it was highly probable I had killed her. Henry James
Henry James quote: "Ah darling, goodness, I think, never brought any one out...."
Ah darling, goodness, I think, never brought any one out. Goodness, when it's real, precisely, rather keeps people IN. Henry James
Henry James quote: "do you think it isbetter to be clever than to be good?"
do you think it isbetter to be clever than to be good? Henry James
and much addicted to speaking the truth. In her younger years she was a good deal of a romp, and, though it is an awkward confession to make about one's heroine, I must add that she was something of a glutton. Henry James

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