E. W. Howe Quotes

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One of the most difficult things in the world is to learn to take a hint easily.

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Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.

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I know what women expect, and give it to them without disagreeable argument; they'll get it anyway.

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

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Silliness which would have broken a politician twenty years ago, now makes his fortune.

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When you are in trouble, people who call to sympathize are really looking for the particulars.

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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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No man would listen to you talk if he didn't know it was his turn next.

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Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.

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Raising children is like making biscuits: it is as easy to raise a big batch as one, while you have your hands in the dough.

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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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There is no get-rich-quick scheme equal to a poor girl marrying a rich man.

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Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone; all admit it grudgingly.

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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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When half the people believe one thing, and the other half another, it is usually safe to accept either opinion. The Democrats are as good as the Republicans, and the Catholics as good as the Protestants.

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Automobiles are like people: the cheap ones are noisy.

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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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People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can't do.

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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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I have long been disposed to judge men by their average. If it is reasonably high, I am charitable with faults that look pretty black.

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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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As a rule, you'll not have much trouble having your way, if you are right.

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A man who does not fool himself seldom cares much about fooling others. But the man who claims to have seen a ghost wants everybody else to believe in ghosts.

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A small man always has one weapon he can use against a great big man: he can "talk" about him.

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Success does not mean happiness: it means an unusual number of industrious enemies.

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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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A man will do more for his stubbornness than for his religion or his country

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Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism.

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Most people have seen worse things in private than they pretend to be shocked at in public.

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