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.
William Dean Howells
A man never sees all that his ...
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Lord, for the erring thoughtNot into evil wrought:Lord, for the wicked willBetrayed and baffled still:For the heart from itself kept,Our thanksgiving accept.
William Dean Howells
Lord, for the erring thought
Not unto evil wrought:
Lord, for the wicked will
Betrayed, and baffled still:
For the heart from itself kept,
Our thanksgiving accept.
For ignorant hopes that were
Broken to our blind prayer:
For pain, death, sorrow, sent
Unto our chastisement:
For all loss of seeming good,
Quicken our gratitude.
William Dean Howells
Preach the blessings of our deeply incorporated civilization by the mouths of our eight-inch guns.
William Dean Howells
See how today's achievement is only tomorrow's confusion;See how possession always cheapens the thing that was precious.
William Dean Howells
Some people stay longer in an hour than others can in a week.
William Dean Howells
