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William Dean Howells Quotes: "In Europe life is histrionic and dramatized, and in America, except when it is trying to be European, it is direct and sincere."

In Europe life is histrionic and dramatized, and in America, except when it is trying to be European, it is direct and sincere.



William Dean Howells Quotes: "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.




William Dean Howells Quotes: "A man never sees all that his mother has been to him until it's too late to let her know that he sees it."

A man never sees all that his mother has been to him until it's too late to let her know that he sees it.



William Dean Howells Quotes: "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.




William Dean Howells Quotes: "The wars come and go in blood and tears; but whether they are bad wars, or what are comically called good wars, they are of one effect in death and sorrow."

The wars come and go in blood and tears; but whether they are bad wars, or what are comically called good wars, they are of one effect in death and sorrow.



William Dean Howells Quotes: "He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence."

He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence.



William Dean Howells Quotes: "If we like a man's dream, we call him a reformer; if we don't like his dream, we call him a crank."

If we like a man's dream, we call him a reformer; if we don't like his dream, we call him a crank.




William Dean Howells Quotes: "Some people stay longer in an hour than others can in a week."

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



William Dean Howells Quotes: "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.



William Dean Howells Quotes: "A friend knows how to allow for mere quantity in your talk, and only replies to the quality."

A friend knows how to allow for mere quantity in your talk, and only replies to the quality.



William Dean Howells Quotes: "Inequality is as dear to the American heart as liberty itself."

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



William Dean Howells Quotes: "The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection."

The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection.




William Dean Howells Quotes: "The disposition to give a cup of cold water to a disciple is a far nobler property than the finest intellect. Satan has a fine intellect, but not the image of God."

The disposition to give a cup of cold water to a disciple is a far nobler property than the finest intellect. Satan has a fine intellect, but not the image of God.



William Dean Howells Quotes: "You'll find as you grow older that you weren't born such a great while ago after all. The time shortens up."

You'll find as you grow older that you weren't born such a great while ago after all. The time shortens up.



William Dean Howells Quotes: "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?



William Dean Howells Quotes: "There will presently be no room in the world for things; it will be filled up with the advertisements of things."

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



William Dean Howells Quotes: "We are creatures of the moment; we live from one little space to another, and only one interest at a time fills these."

We are creatures of the moment; we live from one little space to another, and only one interest at a time fills these.



William Dean Howells Quotes: "If ever the public was betrayed by its press, it's ours."

If ever the public was betrayed by its press, it's ours.



William Dean Howells Quotes: "The wrecks of slavery are fast growing a fungus crop of sentiment."

The wrecks of slavery are fast growing a fungus crop of sentiment.



William Dean Howells Quotes: "Lord, for the erring thoughtNot into evil wrought:Lord, for the wicked willBetrayed and baffled still:For the heart from itself kept,Our thanksgiving accept."

Lord, for the erring thoughtNot into evil wrought:Lord, for the wicked willBetrayed and baffled still:For the heart from itself kept,Our thanksgiving accept.



William Dean Howells Quotes: "The mortality of all inanimate things is terrible to me, but that of books most of all."

The mortality of all inanimate things is terrible to me, but that of books most of all.



William Dean Howells Quotes: "Primitive societies without religion have never been found."

Primitive societies without religion have never been found.



William Dean Howells Quotes: "I wonder why we hate the past so."

I wonder why we hate the past so.



William Dean Howells Quotes: "Each one of us must suffer long to himself before he can learn that he is but one in a great community of wretchedness which has been pitilessly repeating itself from the foundation of the world."

Each one of us must suffer long to himself before he can learn that he is but one in a great community of wretchedness which has been pitilessly repeating itself from the foundation of the world.



William Dean Howells Quotes: "The book which you read from a sense of duty, or because for any reason you must, does not commonly make friends with you."

The book which you read from a sense of duty, or because for any reason you must, does not commonly make friends with you.



William Dean Howells Quotes: "Why art thou but a nest of gloom While the bobolinks are singing?"

Why art thou but a nest of gloom While the bobolinks are singing?



William Dean Howells Quotes: "See how today's achievement is only tomorrow's confusion;See how possession always cheapens the thing that was precious."

See how today's achievement is only tomorrow's confusion;See how possession always cheapens the thing that was precious.



William Dean Howells Quotes: "Preach the blessings of our deeply incorporated civilization by the mouths of our eight-inch guns."

Preach the blessings of our deeply incorporated civilization by the mouths of our eight-inch guns.



William Dean Howells Quotes: "People naturally despise a dependant."

People naturally despise a dependant.



William Dean Howells Quotes: "The difficulty is to know conscience from self-interest."

The difficulty is to know conscience from self-interest.



William Dean Howells Quotes: "It is the curse of prosperity that it takes work away from us, and shuts that door to hope and health of spirit."

It is the curse of prosperity that it takes work away from us, and shuts that door to hope and health of spirit.



William Dean Howells Quotes: "How is it the great pieces of good luck fall to us?"

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



William Dean Howells Quotes: "By beauty of course I mean truth, for the one involves the other; it is only the false in art which is ugly, and it is only the ugly that is universal."

By beauty of course I mean truth, for the one involves the other; it is only the false in art which is ugly, and it is only the ugly that is universal.



William Dean Howells Quotes: "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.



William Dean Howells Quotes: "The conqueror is regarded with awe the wise man commands our respect but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection."

The conqueror is regarded with awe the wise man commands our respect but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection.



William Dean Howells Quotes: "How strange it (the earthquake) must all have seemed to them, here where they lived so safely always! They thought such a dreadful thing could happen to others, but not to them. That is the way!"

How strange it (the earthquake) must all have seemed to them, here where they lived so safely always! They thought such a dreadful thing could happen to others, but not to them. That is the way!



William Dean Howells Quotes: "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.



William Dean Howells Quotes: "Does it afflict you to find your books wearing out? I mean literally .. . the mortality of all inanimate things is terrible to me but that of books most of all."

Does it afflict you to find your books wearing out? I mean literally .. . the mortality of all inanimate things is terrible to me but that of books most of all.



William Dean Howells Quotes: "Every one is expected to look out for himself here. I fancy that there would be very little rising if men were expected to rise for the sake of others, in America."

Every one is expected to look out for himself here. I fancy that there would be very little rising if men were expected to rise for the sake of others, in America.



William Dean Howells Quotes: "Ah, we shall never have a real aristocracy while this plebeian reluctance to live upon a parent or a wife continues the animating spirit of our youth. It strikes at the foot of the feudal system!"

Ah, we shall never have a real aristocracy while this plebeian reluctance to live upon a parent or a wife continues the animating spirit of our youth. It strikes at the foot of the feudal system!



William Dean Howells Quotes: "I wish you to believe whatever you think is true, at any and every cost."

I wish you to believe whatever you think is true, at any and every cost.