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You can make up a quarrel, but it will always show where it was patched.
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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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To want your own way is a very bad habit, for you will never get it.
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People hate the man who is a constant drain on their sympathy.
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People tolerate those they fear further than those they love.
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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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So many of the optimists in the world don't own a hundred dollars, and because of their optimism, never will.
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No man knows where his business ends and his neighbor's begins.
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The trouble in the world is nearly all due to the fact that one-half of the people are men, and the other half women.
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There is usually enough of everything on the table except cream.
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When it comes to the morality of our ancestors, none of us can boast much; the records do not show that Adam and Eve were married.
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You may easily play a joke on a man who likes to argue—agree with him.
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A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.
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For every quarrel a man and wife have before others, they have a hundred when alone.
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A man needs a friend not to flatter him, but to strengthen him at his weak points.
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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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No man has all the wisdom in the world; everyone has some.
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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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Most people have seen worse things in private than they pretend to be shocked at in public.
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Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism.
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A man will do more for his stubbornness than for his religion or his country
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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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Success does not mean happiness: it means an unusual number of industrious enemies.
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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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As a rule, you'll not have much trouble having your way, if you are right.
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E. W. Howe
Born:
May 3, 1853
Died:
October 3, 1937
(aged 84)
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