Primitive societies without religion have never been found.

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.

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 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.

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?

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?

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.

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...

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 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...

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...

Inequality is as dear to the American heart as liberty itself

Inequality is as dear to the American heart as liberty itself

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 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...

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.

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 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...

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...