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I do not love my neighbor as myself, and apologize to no one.
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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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Having fun is a dismal business after you pass fifty.
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Nearly every man is a coward, if confronted by the proper terror.
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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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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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A successful man cannot realize how hard an unsuccessful man finds life.
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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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When a man tells you what people are saying about you, tell him what people are saying about him; that will immediately take his mind off your troubles.
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When a man dies, and his kin are glad of it, they say, "He is better off."
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What is common sense? That which attracts the least opposition: that which brings most agreeable and worthy results.
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Somehow, everyone hates to see an unusually pretty girl get married. It is like taking a bite out of a very fine-looking peach.
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As soon as the people fix one Shame of the World, another turns up.
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Nothing pleases a woman quite so well as to look so sweet that a man wants to kiss her, and then abuse him for his impudence.
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A man forgets his good luck next day, but remembers his bad luck until next year.
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Everyone hates a martyr; it's no wonder martyrs were burned at the stake.
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About all some men accomplish in life is to send a son to Harvard.
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When a man diets, he eats oatmeal in addition to everything else he usually eats.
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Put cream and sugar on a fly and it tastes very much like a raspberry.
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When a man asks your advice, he usually tells you just how he expects you to decide.
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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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The only gambling tip which amounts to anything is to keep out of the game.
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If the fools do not control the world, it isn't because they are not in the majority.
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I declare my belief that it is not your duty to do anything that is not to your own interest. Whenever it is unquestionably your duty to do a thing, then it will benefit you to perform that duty.
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A man has a right to think lots of things he has no right to say.
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Ultimately, America's answer to the intolerant man is diversity, the very diversity which our heritage of religious freedom has inspired.
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E. W. Howe
Born:
May 3, 1853
Died:
October 3, 1937
(aged 84)
Bio:
Edgar Watson Howe, sometimes referred to as E. W. Howe, was an American novelist and newspaper and magazine editor in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was perhaps best known for his magazine, E.W. Howe's Monthly.
Known for:
The mystery of The Locks (1885)
Ventures in Common Sense (1919)
Country town sayings (1911)
The blessing of business (1918)
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