E. W. Howe Quotes
Quotations and aphorisms by E. W. Howe:
Families with babies and families without babies are sorry for each other.
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Half the time men think they are talking business, they are wasting time.
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Everyone suffers wrongs for which there is no remedy.
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When a man is trying to sell you something, don't imagine that he is polite all the time.
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The little trouble in the world that is not due to love is due to friendship.
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A man will do more for his stubbornness than for his religion or his country.
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Living up to ideals is like doing everyday work with your Sunday clothes on.
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Instead of loving your enemies - treat your friends a little better.
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What people say behind your back is your standing in the community.
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There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing - but we all do and call it Hope.
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Men have as exaggerated an idea of their rights as women have of their wrongs.
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No man would listen to you talk if he didn't know it was his turn next.
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Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.
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The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.
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A modest man is usually admired, if people ever hear of him.
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Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.
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Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist.
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A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast.
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Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom; wait until they have been married longer.
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None of us can boast about the morality of our ancestors. The record does not show that Adam and Eve were ever married.
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A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man.
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The feeling of sleepiness when you are not in bed, and can't get there, is the meanest feeling in the world.
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People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can't do.
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The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win.
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When a man has no reason to trust himself, he trusts in luck.
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You needn't love your enemy, but if you refrain from telling lies about him, you are doing well enough.
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Many a man is saved from being a thief by finding everything locked up.
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One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself.
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For every quarrel a man and wife have before others, they have a hundred when alone.
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The modest person is usually admired, if people ever hear of them.
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A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.
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If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers.
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It is hard to convince a high-school student that he will encounter a lot of problems more difficult than those of algebra and geometry.
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Fishing seems to be the favorite form of loafing.
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Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.
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The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep.
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The worst feeling in the world is the homesickness that comes over a man occasionally when he is at home.
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There is always a type of man who says he loves his fellow men, and expects to make a living at it.
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The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it.
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If a man has money, it is usually a sign, too, that he knows how to take care of it; don't imagine his money is easy to get simply because he has plenty of it.
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To be an ideal guest, stay at home.
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No woman ever falls in love with a man unless she has a better opinion of him than he deserves.
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All of the troubles that some people have in life is that which they married into.
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Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them.
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The most destructive criticism is indifference.
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There is only one thing people like that is good for them; a good night's sleep.
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Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism.
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Marriage is a good deal like a circus: there is not as much in it as is represented in the advertising.
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If you don't learn to laugh at troubles, you won't have anything to laugh at when you grow old.
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If your faith is opposed to experience, to human learning and investigation, it is not worth the breath used in giving it expression.
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When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.
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The way out of trouble is never as simple as the way in.
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Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone.
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A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.
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A thief believes everybody steals.
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A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.
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When you are in trouble, people who call to sympathize are really looking for the particulars.
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It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
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When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have.
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If a woman doesn't chase a man a little, she doesn't love him.
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Every successful person I have heard of has done the best he could with the conditions as he found them, and not waited until next year for better.
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The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.
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When men are not regretting that life is so short, they are doing something to kill time.
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Farmers only worry during the growing season, but townspeople worry all the time.
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The only way to amuse some people is to slip and fall on an icy pavement.
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A young man is a theory, an old man is a fact.
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