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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.


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It is the still, small voice that the soul heeds, not the deafening blasts of doom.



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



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



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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.



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He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence.



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.



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



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.



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.



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





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