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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He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence

He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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 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 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.

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...

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.

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...

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 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...

There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and...

There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and...

We both can be the most beautiful and benevolent creatures on the planet, but then...

We both can be the most beautiful and benevolent creatures on the planet, but then...

Human benevolence is mingled with vanity, interest, or some other motive

Human benevolence is mingled with vanity, interest, or some other motive