William Dean Howells quotes - page 2

There will presently be no room in the world for things; it will be filled up with the advertisements of things. (William Dean Howells)
Primitive societies without religion have never been found. View quote
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The book which you read from a sense of duty, or because for any reason you must, does not commonly make friends with you. View quote
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If we like a man's dream, we call him a reformer; if we don't like his dream, we call him a crank. View quote
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The life of Christ, it wasn't only in healing the sick and going about to do good; it was suffering for the sins of others. View quote
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That's what is driving a girl like Margaret Vance, who has everything that the world can offer her young beauty, on to the work of a Sister of Charity among the poor and the dying. View quote
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If we love mankind, pity them, we even wish to suffer for them. View quote
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People naturally despise a dependant. View quote
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The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number. View quote
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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. View quote
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I know, indeed, of nothing more subtly satisfying and cheering than a knowledge of the real good will and appreciation of others. Such happiness does not come with money, nor does it flow from fine physical state. It cannot be brought. But it is the keenest joy, after all and the toiler's truest and best reward. (William Dean Howells)