E. W. Howe Quotes

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E. W. Howe

Profession : Novelist

Birth : May 3, 1853

The modest person is usually admired, if people ever hear of them.

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You needn't love your enemy, but if you refrain from telling lies about him, you are doing well enough.

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A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast.

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Living up to ideals is like doing everyday work with your Sunday clothes on.

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None of us can boast about the morality of our ancestors. The record does not show that Adam and Eve were ever married.

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A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.

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Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.

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Every successful person I have heard of has done the best he could with the conditions as he found them, and not waited until next year for better.

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The worst feeling in the world is the homesickness that comes over a man occasionally when he is at home.

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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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The most destructive criticism is indifference.

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To be an ideal guest, stay at home.

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The little trouble in the world that is not due to love is due to friendship.

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Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.

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

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Half the time men think they are talking business, they are wasting time.

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People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can't do.

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When you are in trouble, people who call to sympathize are really looking for the particulars.

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Men have as exaggerated an idea of their rights as women have of their wrongs.

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The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.

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