There will presently be no room in the world for things; it will be filled up with the advertisements of things.

Quote by William Dean Howells

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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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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.

Inequality is as dear to the American heart as liberty itself

Inequality is as dear to the American heart as liberty itself

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...

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...

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 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.

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 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...

He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence

He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence

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.

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?

Primitive societies without religion have never been found.

Primitive societies without religion have never been found.

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...