E. W. Howe - Man Quotes

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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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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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When a man asks your advice, he usually tells you just how he expects you to decide.

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

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

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

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

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

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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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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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There is no get-rich-quick scheme equal to a poor girl marrying a rich 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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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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Reading is like permitting a man to talk a long time, and refusing you the right to say anything in rebuttal.

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There is no such thing as a convincing argument, although every man thinks he has one.

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The greatest thing in the world is for a man to be able to do something well, and say nothing about it.

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When a man diets, he eats oatmeal in addition to everything else he usually eats.

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A successful man cannot realize how hard an unsuccessful man finds life.

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You may easily play a joke on a man who likes to argue—agree with him.

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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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For every quarrel a man and wife have before others, they have a hundred when alone.

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