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

Quote by William Dean Howells

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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...

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?

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...

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 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.

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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 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.

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...