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7. “But James, as an artist, was deeply suspicious of what gave him pleasure, or indeed satisfaction. In his own complex sensibility, there was an ambiguity about most things, and this moved him towards subtlety when he approached character, drama, and scene, and nudged him towards many modifying subclauses when he wrote a sentence. Nothing came to him simply.”
Henry James Complexity, Artistic Caution, Ambiguity, Depth, Subtlety, Introspection
12. “Fame, if not double fac'd, is double mouth'd, And with contrary blast proclaims most deeds; On both his wings, one black, the other white, Bears greatest names in his wild aery flight.”
John Milton Fame, Duality, Reputation, Human Nature, Ambiguity
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