It's never permitted to be surprised at the aberrations of born fools.
Henry James
It's never permitted to be ...
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Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself.
Henry James
Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. The third is to be kind.
Henry James
No sovereign, no court, no personal loyalty, no aristocracy, no church, no clergy, no army, no diplomatic service, no country gentlemen, no palaces, no castles, nor manors, nor old country-houses, nor parsonages, nor thatched cottages nor ivied ruins no cathedrals, nor abbeys, nor little Norman churches no great Universities nor public schools -- no Oxford, nor Eton, nor Harrow no literature, no novels, no museums, no pictures, no political society, no sporting class -- no Epsom nor Ascot Some such list as that might be drawn up of the absent things in American life.
Henry James
I call people rich when they're able to meet the requirements of their imagination.
Henry James
Of course what he most intensely dreams of is being taken out on walks, and the more you are able to indulge him the more will he adore you and the more all the latent beauty of his nature will come out.
Henry James
