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William Dean Howells Quotes

William Dean Howells quotes

American Author March 1, 1837 – May 11, 1920

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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. William Dean Howells
William Dean Howells quote: "The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the..."
The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number. William Dean Howells
I dare say if you'd asked him plumply what he meant in regard to the young lady, he would have told you - if he knew.' 'Why, don't you think he does know, Bromfield?' 'I'm not at all sure he does. You women think that because a young man dangles after a girl, or girls, he's attached to them. It doesn't at all follow. He dangles because he must, and doesn't know what to do with his time, and because they seem to like it. I dare say that Tom has dangled a good deal in this instance because... William Dean Howells
William Dean Howells quote: "The book which you read from a sense of duty, or because for..."
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
William Dean Howells quote: "What the American public wants in the theater is a tragedy..."
What the American public wants in the theater is a tragedy with a happy ending. William Dean Howells
William Dean Howells quote: "Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart must hold both..."
Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart must hold both sisters, never seen apart. William Dean Howells
If he was not commonplace, it was through nothing remarkable in his mind, which was simply clear and practical, but through some combination of qualities of the heart that made men trust him, and women call him sweet--a word of theirs which conveys otherwise indefinable excellences. William Dean Howells
He had always said to himself that there could be no persistence of personality, of character, of identity, of consciousness, except through memory; yet here, to the last implication of temperament, they all persisted. The soul that was passing in its integrity through time without the helps, the crutches, of remembrance by which his own personality supported itself, why should not it pass so through eternity without that loss of identity which was equivalent to annihilation? William Dean Howells
William Dean Howells quote: "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
Live all you can. It's a mistake not to. It doesn't matter what you do -- but live. This place makes it all come over me. I see it now. I haven't done so -- and now I'm old. It's too late. It has gone past me -- I've lost it. You have time. You are young. Live! William Dean Howells
William Dean Howells quote: "A man never sees all that his mother has been to him until..."
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
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
William Dean Howells quote: "You'll find as you grow older that you weren't born such a..."
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
William Dean Howells quote: "We are creatures of the moment; we live from one little space..."
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
William Dean Howells quote: "If we like a man's dream, we call him a reformer; if we don't..."
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

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