Now I know that so long as we have social inequality we shall have snobs; we shall have men who bully and truckle, and women who snub and crawl. I know that it is futile to, spurn them, or lash them for trying to get on in the world, and that the world is what it must be from the selfish motives which underlie our economic life.
"William Dean Howells" was an American Realism (arts)/realist author, literary critic, and playwright. Nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters", he was particularly known for his tenure as editor of the Atlantic Monthly as well as his own prolific writings, including the Christmas story "Christmas Every Day", and the novels The Rise of Silas Lapham and A Traveler from Altruria.
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The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number.
A man never sees all that his mother has been to him until it's too late to let her know that he sees it.
He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence.
Inequality is as dear to the American heart as liberty itself.
Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart must hold both sisters, never seen apart.
Some people stay longer in an hour than others do in a month.
Her mouth is a honey-blossom,No doubt, as the poet sings;But within her lips, the petals,Lurks a cruel bee that stings.
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