He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence.

Quote by William Dean Howells

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I know, indeed, of nothing more subtle satisfying and cheering than a knowledge of the...

I know, indeed, of nothing more subtle satisfying and cheering than a knowledge of the...

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

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

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.

Some people can stay longer in an hour than others can in a week.

Some people can stay longer in an hour than others can in a week.

He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence

He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence

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...

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...

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.

The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is...

The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is...

The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number.

The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number.

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.

The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is...

The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is...

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...

Primitive societies without religion have never been found.

Primitive societies without religion have never been found.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.