E. W. Howe Quotes

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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 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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Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.

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

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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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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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Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist.

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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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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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Honesty is largely a matter of information, of knowing that dishonesty is a mistake. Principle is not as powerful in keeping people straight as a policeman.

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A man has a right to think lots of things he has no right to say.

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People never have confidence in a Big Talker. They know his statements must be cut down, but they can never tell how much.

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

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Where the guests at a gathering are well-acquainted, they eat 20 per cent more than they otherwise would.

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A woman does not spend all her time in buying things; she spends part of it in taking them back.

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People tolerate those they fear further than those they love.

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

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Everyone hates a martyr; it's no wonder martyrs were burned at the stake.

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

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To want your own way is a very bad habit, for you will never get it.

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When a man once gets a start holding office, it is nearly always necessary to finally choke him off.

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Always remember that if a man knows where he can make a dollar, he will not tell you about it; he will go after it himself.

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How good we all are, in theory, to the old; and how in fact we wish them to wander off like old dogs, die without bothering us, and bury themselves.

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When you can't do anything else to a boy, you can make him wash his face.

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When I get hold of a book I particularly admire, I am so enthusiastic that I loan it to someone who never brings it back.

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