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> [People naturally despise a dependant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-dean-howells/people-naturally-despise-a-dependant/)

[William Dean Howells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-dean-howells/)

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## More by William Dean Howells

> [It is the still, small voice that the soul heeds, not the deafening blasts of doom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-dean-howells/it-is-the-still-small-voice-that-the-soul-heeds-not-the-deafening/)

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> [“How strange it (the earthquake) must all have seemed to them, here where they lived so safely always! They thought such a dreadful thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-dean-howells/how-strange-it-the-earthquake-must-all-have-seemed-to-them-here-where/)

[William Dean Howells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-dean-howells/)

> [n artistic atmosphere does not create artists a literary atmosphere does not create literators; poets and painters spring up where there was never a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-dean-howells/n-artistic-atmosphere-does-not-create-artists-a-literary-atmosphere/)

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> [Preach the blessings of our deeply incorporated civilization by the mouths of our eight-inch guns.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-dean-howells/preach-the-blessings-of-our-deeply-incorporated-civilization-by-the/)

[William Dean Howells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-dean-howells/)

> [If we like a man's dream, we call him a reformer; if we don't like his dream, we call him a crank.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-dean-howells/if-we-like-a-man-s-dream-we-call-him-a-reformer-if-we-don-t-like-his/)

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> [The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-dean-howells/the-action-is-best-that-secures-the-greatest-happiness-for-the/)

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> [“If he was not commonplace, it was through nothing remarkable in his mind, which was simply clear and practical, but through some combination of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-dean-howells/if-he-was-not-commonplace-it-was-through-nothing-remarkable-in-his/)

[William Dean Howells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-dean-howells/)

> [Is it worth while to observe that there are no Venetian blinds in Venice?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-dean-howells/is-it-worth-while-to-observe-that-there-are-no-venetian-blinds-in/)

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> [The swelling and towering omnibuses, the huge trucks and wagons and carriages, the impetuous hansoms and the more sobered four-wheelers, the pony-carts, donkey-carts, hand-carts,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-dean-howells/the-swelling-and-towering-omnibuses-the-huge-trucks-and-wagons-and/)

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> [“Our theory of disaster, of sorrow, of affliction, borrowed from the poets and novelist, is that it is incessant; but every passage in our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-dean-howells/our-theory-of-disaster-of-sorrow-of-affliction-borrowed-from-the/)

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> [Christ and the life of Christ is at this moment inspiring the literature of the world as never before, and raising it up a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-dean-howells/christ-and-the-life-of-christ-is-at-this-moment-inspiring-the/)

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> [Inequality is as dear to the American heart as liberty itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-dean-howells/inequality-is-as-dear-to-the-american-heart-as-liberty-itself/)

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> [“It's easy enough to be sensible for other people. But when it comes to myself, there I am! Especially, when I want to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-dean-howells/it-s-easy-enough-to-be-sensible-for-other-people-but-when-it-comes-to/)

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> [If ever the public was betrayed by its press, it's ours.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-dean-howells/if-ever-the-public-was-betrayed-by-its-press-it-s-ours/)

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> [He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-dean-howells/he-who-sleeps-in-continual-noise-is-wakened-by-silence/)

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