E. W. Howe Quotes

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Even if a farmer intends to loaf, he gets up in time to get an early start.

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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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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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What people say behind your back is your standing in the community.

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It is your enemies who keep you straight. For real use one active, sneering enemy is worth two ordinary friends.

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Men are a good deal better collectively than they are individually. Many a man will do that privately which he will denounce in a crowd.

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Man is still a savage to the extent that he has little respect for anything that cannot hurt him.

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Nearly every man is a coward, if confronted by the proper terror.

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Having fun is a dismal business after you pass fifty.

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Every time you become confidential with some people, you hear of a new kind of dirty trick.

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I do not love my neighbor as myself, and apologize to no one.

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Men are virtuous because the women are; women are virtuous from necessity.

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The only way to amuse some people is to slip and fall on an icy pavement.

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Half the time men think they are talking business, they are wasting time.

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If you have sense enough to realize why flies gather around a restaurant, you should be able to appreciate why men run for office.

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Another thing which is about as sure as death and taxes, is that no man can go on bluffing indefinitely without being called.

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A woman might as well propose: her husband will claim she did.

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We are now confronted with the necessity of remedying the remedies.

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Many a man is saved from being a thief by finding everything locked up.

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No man has all the wisdom in the world; everyone has some.

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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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When a man is trying to sell you something, don't imagine he is that polite all the time.

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In thousands of years there has been no advance in public morals, in philosophy, in religion or in politics, but the advance in business has been the greatest miracle the world has ever known.

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Probably you have noted the resemblance of the critic to the crank.

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