"I wonder why we hate the past so." — William Dean Howells
"I wonder why we hate the past so."
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William Dean Howells
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32 Quotes by William Dean Howells
William Dean Howells has 32 quotes on this site.
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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…
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It is the curse of prosperity that it takes work away from us, and shuts that door to hope and…
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Some people stay longer in an hour than others can in a week.
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He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence.
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Inequality is as dear to the American heart as liberty itself.
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Do not trouble yourselves about standards or ideals; but try to be faithful and natural: remember that there is no…
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The book which you read from a sense of duty, or because for any reason you must, does not commonly…
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It's a curious thing, this thing we call civilization...we think it is an affair of epochs, and nations. It's really…
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In Europe life is histrionic and dramatized, and in America, except when it is trying to be European, it is…
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How is it the great pieces of good luck fall to us?
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Is it worth while to observe that there are no Venetian blinds in Venice?
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It is the still, small voice that the soul heeds, not the deafening blasts of doom.
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I hate cameras. They interfere, they're always in the way. I wish: if I could work with my eyes alone.
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Imperialism or globalization - I don't have to care what it's called to hate it.
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I hate Stanley Clark, but I have to admit he's playing Jazz whether I like it or not.
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