In Europe life is histrionic and dramatized, and in America, except when it is trying to be European, it is direct and sincere.

Quote by William Dean Howells

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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?

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence

He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

Primitive societies without religion have never been found.

Primitive societies without religion have never been found.