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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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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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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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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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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 successful man cannot realize how hard an unsuccessful man finds life.
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If a man takes one day off, it takes him about three days to get the harness fitted again.
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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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No really sensible person ever remembers enough poetry to recite it.
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Don't take up a man's time talking about the smartness of your children; he wants to talk to you about the smartness of his children.
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A man who will not get scared on some occasions, lacks good sense.
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A man has a right to think lots of things he has no right to say.
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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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At first a woman doesn't want anything but a husband, but as soon as she gets one, she wants everything else in the world.
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There is only one thing people like that is good for them; a good night's sleep.
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When men are not regretting that life is so short, they are doing something to kill time.
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If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers.
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There is no such thing as a convincing argument, although every man thinks he has one.
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E. W. Howe
Born:
May 3, 1853
Died:
October 3, 1937
(aged 84)
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