Quotes by William Dean Howells

Tomorrow I shall be sixty-nine, but I do not seem to care. I did not...

#William Dean Howells

The book which you read from a sense of duty, or because for any reason...

#William Dean Howells

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

#William Dean Howells

Some people can stay longer in an hour than others can in a week.

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There will presently be no room in the world for things; it will be filled...

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The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is...

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Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart must hold both sisters, never seen apart.

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Inequality is as dear to the American heart as liberty itself

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The secret of the man who is universally interesting is that he is universally interested.

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He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence

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