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William Dean Howells

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An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.

William Dean Howells

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The conqueror is regarded with awe the wise man commands our respect but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection.

William Dean Howells

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Our novelists, therefore, concern themselves with the more smiling aspects of life, which are the more American, and seek the universal in the individual rather than the social interests.

William Dean Howells

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What the American public wants is a tragedy with a happy ending.

William Dean Howells

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Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart must hold both sisters, never seen apart.

William Dean Howells

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

William Dean Howells

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Some people can stay longer in an hour than others can in a week.

William Dean Howells

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