What the American public wants in the theater is a tragedy with a happy ending.

Quote by William Dean Howells

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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...

Primitive societies without religion have never been found.

Primitive societies without religion have never been found.

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

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