Quotes by Howells, William Dean

The mortality of all inanimate things is terrible to me, but that of b >>

What the American public wants in the theater is a tragedy with a happ >>

He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence. >>

Quotations about Action

When a man dies, what does not leave him? The voice of a dead man goes >>

Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not >>

We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness >>

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

Howells, William Dean