One can't judge till one's forty; before that we're too eager, too hard, too cruel, and in addition much too ignorant.


The Portrait of a Lady (1881)

Henry James Quotes

One can't judge till one's forty; before that we're too eager, too hard, too cruel, and in addition much too ignorant.

One can't judge till one's forty; before that we're too eager, too hard, too cruel, and in addition much too ignorant.

One can't judge till one's forty; before that we're too eager, too hard, too cruel, and in addition much too ignorant.

One can't judge till one's forty; before that we're too eager, too hard, too cruel, and in addition much too ignorant.