One can't judge till one's forty; before that we're too eager, too hard, too cruel, and in addition … - Henry James

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Everybody is corrupted by hotel rooms. You can't help it. It's the only place in the world where you walk in and the first think you do is steal everything before you take your coat off.

Henry James

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

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