The power to guess the unseen from the seen, to trace the implication of things, to judge the whole piece by the pattern, the condition of feeling life, in general, so completely that you are well on your way to knowing any particular corner of it-this cluster of gifts may almost be said to constitute experience, and they occur in country and in town, and in the most differing stages of education.
Money's a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet. - Henry James
Money's a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet.
- Henry James
Ideas are, in truth, forces. Infinite, too, is the power of personality. A union of the two always makes history. - Henry James
Ideas are, in truth, forces. Infinite, too, is the power of personality. A union of the two always makes history.
I have lived too long in foreign parts - Henry James
I have lived too long in foreign parts
The visible world is but man turned inside out that he may be revealed to himself. - Henry James
The visible world is but man turned inside out that he may be revealed to himself.
I call people rich when they're able to meet the requirements of their imagination. - Henry James
I call people rich when they're able to meet the requirements of their imagination.
She feels in italics and thinks in CAPITALS. - Henry James
She feels in italics and thinks in CAPITALS.
In art economy is always beauty. - Henry James
In art economy is always beauty.
A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to understand them is bad morals. - Henry James
A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to understand them is bad morals.
We must for dear life make our own counter-realities. - Henry James
We must for dear life make our own counter-realities.
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