"Do not trouble yourselves about standards or ideals;……" — William Dean Howells

"Do not trouble yourselves about standards or ideals; but try to be faithful and natural: remember that there is no greatness, no beauty, which does not come from truth to your own knowledge of things; and keep on working, even if your work is not long remembered."

— William Dean Howells

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