Is it worth while to observe that there are no Venetian blinds in Venice?
From William Dean Howells
It is the still, small voice that the soul heeds, not the deafening blasts of doom.
Inequality is as dear to the American heart as liberty itself.
The secret of the man who is universally interesting is that he is universally interested.
How is it the great pieces of good luck fall to us?
Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart must hold both sisters, never seen apart.
If we like a man's dream, we call him a reformer; if we don't like his dream, we call him a crank.
He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence.
The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number.
What the American public wants in the theater is a tragedy with a happy ending.
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