William
Dean Howells is an American author, born on this date in 1837. Here are ten quotes from him:
- He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence.
- The secret of the man who is universally interesting is that he is universally interested.
- There will presently be no room in the world for things; it will be filled up with the advertisements of things.
- Some people can stay longer in an hour than others can in a week.
- If we like a man's dream, we call him a reformer; if we don't like his dream, we call him a crank.
- It is the still, small voice that the soul heeds, not the deafening blasts of doom.
- Primitive societies without religion have never been found.
- 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?
- The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection.
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