The mortality of all inanimate things is terrible to me, but that of books most of all.
- William Dean Howells
Most, Mortality, Books, Inanimate
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
Space, Creatures, Another, Fills
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
Wise Man, Wins, Conqueror, Benevolent
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
Call, Like, His, Crank
It is the still, small voice that the soul heeds, not the deafening blasts of doom.
- William Dean Howells
Voice, Small, Still, Blast
Tomorrow I shall be sixty-nine, but I do not seem to care. I did not start the affair, and I have not been consulted about it at any step.
- William Dean Howells
Tomorrow, Start, Been, Affair
Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart must hold both sisters, never seen apart.
- William Dean Howells
Heart, Sisters, Seen, Apart
Primitive societies without religion have never been found.
- William Dean Howells
Never, Been, Found, Societies
He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence.
- William Dean Howells
Silence, He, Sleeps, Noise
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
Trying, European, Direct, Europe
Inequality is as dear to the American heart as liberty itself.
- William Dean Howells
Liberty, Inequality, Itself, Dear
Some people can stay longer in an hour than others can in a week.
- William Dean Howells
Week, Some, Longer, Some People
What the American public wants in the theater is a tragedy with a happy ending.
- William Dean Howells
Ending, Tragedy, Public, American Public
There will presently be no room in the world for things; it will be filled up with the advertisements of things.
- William Dean Howells
World, Will, Things, Advertisement
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
Reason, Which, Read, Commonly
Is it worth while to observe that there are no Venetian blinds in Venice?
- William Dean Howells
Venice, Blinds, While, Observe
How is it the great pieces of good luck fall to us?
- William Dean Howells
Luck, Good Luck, How, Pieces
The secret of the man who is universally interesting is that he is universally interested.
- William Dean Howells
Interesting, Universally, The Secret Of
The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number.
- William Dean Howells
Happiness, Action, Number, Greatest Number
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
Him, Too Late, Been, Sees
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