"He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened…" — William Dean Howells
"He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence."
—
William Dean Howells
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
32 Quotes by William Dean Howells
William Dean Howells has 32 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
A man never sees all that his mother has been to him until it's too late to let her know…
-
It is the curse of prosperity that it takes work away from us, and shuts that door to hope and…
-
Some people stay longer in an hour than others can in a week.
-
Inequality is as dear to the American heart as liberty itself.
-
Do not trouble yourselves about standards or ideals; but try to be faithful and natural: remember that there is no…
-
I wonder why we hate the past so.
-
The book which you read from a sense of duty, or because for any reason you must, does not commonly…
-
It's a curious thing, this thing we call civilization...we think it is an affair of epochs, and nations. It's really…
-
In Europe life is histrionic and dramatized, and in America, except when it is trying to be European, it is…
-
How is it the great pieces of good luck fall to us?
-
Is it worth while to observe that there are no Venetian blinds in Venice?
-
It is the still, small voice that the soul heeds, not the deafening blasts of doom.
See all 32 quotes by William Dean Howells »
More Continual Quotes
This quote is filed under Continual Quotes,
one of 323 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it…
— Leo Buscaglia
-
Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest she should catch a cold…
— Samuel Butler
-
The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world. In…
— Marc Chagall
-
Being human, we would expel from our lives physical pain and mental anguish and assure ourselves of continual ease and…
— Spencer W. Kimball
-
From such beginnings of governments, what could be expected, but a continual system of war and extortion?
— Thomas Paine
-
Men of my age live in a state of continual desperation.
— Trevor McDonald
-
The doctrine of evolution implies the passage from the most organised to the least organised, or, in other terms, from…
— John Hughlings Jackson
-
I like a state of continual becoming, with a goal in front and not behind.
— George Bernard Shaw
-
It were indeed to be wish'd that our art had been less ingenious, in contriving means destructive to mankind; we…
— Herman Boerhaave
-
Without a visual identity, we have no community, no support network, no movement. Making ourselves visible is a political act,…
— Unknown Author
-
Till women are more rationally educated, the progress in human virtue and improvement in knowledge must receive continual checks.
— Mary Wollstonecraft
-
There are two components that are fundamental to enjoy life and feel good about yourself: continual learning and service.
— Tim Ferriss
See all 323 Continual Quotes »