Tomorrow I shall be sixty-nine, but I do not seem to care. I did not start the affair, and I have not been consulted about it at any step.

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...

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.

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.

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...

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.

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?

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 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...

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 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

He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence.

He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence.

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...

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.

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...

Primitive societies without religion have never been found.

Primitive societies without religion have never been found.

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...