Tomorrow I shall be sixty-nine, but I do not seem to care. I did not start the affair, and I have not been consulted about it at any step.

Quote by William Dean Howells

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If we like a man's dream, we call him a reformer; if we don't like...

If we like a man's dream, we call him a reformer; if we don't like...

How is it the great pieces of good luck fall to us?

How is it the great pieces of good luck fall to us?

In Europe life is histrionic and dramatized, and in America, except when it is trying...

In Europe life is histrionic and dramatized, and in America, except when it is trying...

He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence.

He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence.

Is it worth while to observe that there are no Venetian blinds in Venice?

Is it worth while to observe that there are no Venetian blinds in Venice?

The secret of the man who is universally interesting is that he is universally interested.

The secret of the man who is universally interesting is that he is universally interested.

Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart must hold both sisters, never seen apart.

Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart must hold both sisters, never seen apart.

An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.

An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.

Inequality is as dear to the American heart as liberty itself.

Inequality is as dear to the American heart as liberty itself.

There will presently be no room in the world for things; it will be filled...

There will presently be no room in the world for things; it will be filled...

He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence

He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence

Inequality is as dear to the American heart as liberty itself

Inequality is as dear to the American heart as liberty itself

You'll find as you grow older that you weren't born such a great while ago...

You'll find as you grow older that you weren't born such a great while ago...

The mortality of all inanimate things is terrible to me, but that of books most...

The mortality of all inanimate things is terrible to me, but that of books most...

We are creatures of the moment; we live from one little space to another, and...

We are creatures of the moment; we live from one little space to another, and...

A man never sees all that his mother has been to him until it's too...

A man never sees all that his mother has been to him until it's too...

Primitive societies without religion have never been found.

Primitive societies without religion have never been found.

The book which you read from a sense of duty, or because for any reason...

The book which you read from a sense of duty, or because for any reason...

It is the still, small voice that the soul heeds, not the deafening blasts of...

It is the still, small voice that the soul heeds, not the deafening blasts of...

What the American public wants in the theater is a tragedy with a happy ending.

What the American public wants in the theater is a tragedy with a happy ending.