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William Dean Howells (March 1, 1837 - May 11, 1920) was an American realist author and literary critic.
The secret of the man who is universally interesting is that he is universally interested.
An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.
Some people can stay longer in an hour than others can in a week.
I know, indeed, of nothing more subtly satisfying and cheering than a knowledge of the real good will and appreciation of others. Such happiness does not come with money, nor does it flow from fine physical state. It cannot be brought. But it is the keenest joy, after all; and the toiler's truest and best reward.
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