E. W. Howe Quotes

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E. W. Howe

Profession : Novelist

Birth : May 3, 1853

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

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When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.

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Instead of loving your enemies - treat your friends a little better.

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It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.

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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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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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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 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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Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them.

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A young man is a theory, an old man is a fact.

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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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If you don't learn to laugh at troubles, you won't have anything to laugh at when you grow old.

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The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it.

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Farmers only worry during the growing season, but townspeople worry all the time.

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

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A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.

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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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There is only one thing people like that is good for them; a good night's sleep.

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No woman ever falls in love with a man unless she has a better opinion of him than he deserves.

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The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win.

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