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Quote by John Hay

“Dealing with a government with whom mendacity is a science is an extremely difficult matter.”

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John Hay was a prominent American statesman and diplomat, born on October 8, 1838, and died on July 1, 1905. He played a significant role in American history, known for his exceptional contributions to foreign policy. more

“It's a curious thing, this thing we call civilization...we think it is an affair of epochs, and nations. It's really an affair of individuals. One brother will be civilized and the other a barbarian...All civilization comes through literature now, especially in our country. A Greek got his civilization by talking and looking, and in some measure a Parisian may still do it. But we, who live remote from history and monuments, we must read or we must barbarise.”

Thinking May Stills Country Literature Individual Nations Talking Brother Civilization Affair Our Country Curious Greek Civilized Monument Barbarians

Author:William Dean Howells

“In Europe life is histrionic and dramatized, and in America, except when it is trying to be European, it is direct and sincere.”

Trying America Life Is Europe Direct Sincere Histrionic

Book:THE MARCH FAMILY TRILOGY: Their Wedding Journey, A Hazard of New Fortunes & Their Silver Wedding Journey: From the Author of Christmas Every Day, The Rise of Silas Lapham, A Traveler from Altruria, Venetian Life, The Flight of Pony Baker & Boy Life

Source: THE MARCH FAMILY TRILOGY: Their Wedding Journey, A Hazard of New Fortunes & Their Silver Wedding Journey: From the Author of Christmas Every Day, The Rise of Silas Lapham, A Traveler from Altruria, Venetian Life, The Flight of Pony Baker & Boy Life

“How is it the great pieces of good luck fall to us?”

Fall Pieces Luck Good Luck

Book:Of Literature

Source: Of Literature

“Is it worth while to observe that there are no Venetian blinds in Venice?”

Venice

Book:The Complete Travel Books of William Dean Howells: Travel Memoirs & Reports from Traveling Across Europe (Illustrated): Venetian Life, Italian Journeys, Roman Holidays and Others, Suburban Sketches, Familiar Spanish Travels, A Little Swiss Sojourn, London Films & Seven English Cities

Source: The Complete Travel Books of William Dean Howells: Travel Memoirs & Reports from Traveling Across Europe (Illustrated): Venetian Life, Italian Journeys, Roman Holidays and Others, Suburban Sketches, Familiar Spanish Travels, A Little Swiss Sojourn, London Films & Seven English Cities

“It is the still, small voice that the soul heeds, not the deafening blasts of doom.”

Stills Soul Voice Fate Doom Blast Heed Small Voice

Book:The March Family Trilogy

Source: The March Family Trilogy

“Primitive societies without religion have never been found.”

Found Primitive

Author:William Dean Howells

“The American Dream is that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement.”

Should Dream Opportunity Ability Land Achievement American Dream

Book:The Epic of America

Source: The Epic of America

“The American Dream, that has lured tens of millions of all nations to our shores in the past century has not been a dream of material plenty, though that has doubtlessly counted heavily. It has been a dream of being able to grow to fullest development as a man and woman, unhampered by the barriers which had slowly been erected in the older civilizations, unrepressed by social orders which had developed for the benefit of classes rather than for the simple human being of any and every class.”