A man never sees all that his mother has been to him until it's too late to let her know that he sees it.

Quote by William Dean Howells

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

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

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...

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?

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.

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...

Tomorrow I shall be sixty-nine, but I do not seem to care. I did not...

Tomorrow I shall be sixty-nine, but I do not seem to care. I did not...

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.

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...

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

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

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 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...

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 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...

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 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.

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...

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...

Primitive societies without religion have never been found.

Primitive societies without religion have never been found.

He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence.

He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence.