E. W. Howe Quotes

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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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Abusing the prosperous in order to curry the favor of the envious, is an old game that still works better than it should.

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

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Faith may have removed mountains way off somewhere, a long time ago, but it won't remove a wart at home this week.

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The way out of trouble is never as simple as the way in.

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A man has his clothes made to fit him; a woman makes herself fit her clothes.

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A man should be taller, older, heavier, uglier, and hoarser than his wife.

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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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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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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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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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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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Half the time men think they are talking business, they are wasting 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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Men are virtuous because the women are; women are virtuous from necessity.

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

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Loving everybody is polygamy. I care for no friend who loves his enemy equally well.

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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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