35 ordspråk av William Dean Howells

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William Dean Howells föddes den 1 maart 1837 och dog den 11 mei 1920 - US writer
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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

 And the names he loved to hear
Have been carved for many a year
On the tomb.

 He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence

 He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence

 Her mouth is a honey-blossom,
No doubt, as the poet sings;
But within her lips, the petals,
Lurks a cruel bee that stings.

 I know, indeed, of nothing more subtle 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 a fine physical state. It cannot be bought. But it is the keenest joy, after all; and the toiler's truest and best reward.

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

 Inequality is as dear to the American heart as liberty itself

 Inequality is as dear to the American heart as liberty itself

 Is it worth while to observe that there are no Venetian blinds in Venice?

 Lord, for the erring thought
Not into evil wrought:
Lord, for the wicked will
Betrayed and baffled still:
For the heart from itself kept,
Our thanksgiving accept.

 Now I know that so long as we have social inequality we shall have snobs; we shall have men who bully and truckle, and women who snub and crawl. I know that it is futile to, spurn them, or lash them for trying to get on in the world, and that the world is what it must be from the selfish motives which underlie our economic life.

 Primitive societies without religion have never been found.

 The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number.

 The mortality of all inanimate things is terrible to me, but that of books most of all.


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