E. W. Howe Quotes
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A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.
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Farmers only worry during the growing season, but townspeople worry all the 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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Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.
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Friends are like a pleasant park where you wish to go; while you may enjoy the flowers, you may not eat them.
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The only way to amuse some people is to slip and fall on an icy pavement.
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Many a man is saved from being a thief by finding everything locked up.
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A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man.
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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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The way out of trouble is never as simple as the way in.
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Half the time men think they are talking business, they are wasting time.
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Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist.
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A man will do more for his stubbornness than for his religion or his country.
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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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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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When men are not regretting that life is so short, they are doing something to kill time.
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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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I know what women expect, and give it to them without disagreeable argument; they'll get it anyway.
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I have noticed that my likes and dislikes do not create any great excitement. And how people try to get away when I attempt to talk!
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When I get hold of a book I particularly admire, I am so enthusiastic that I loan it to someone who never brings it back.
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No man has all the wisdom in the world; everyone has some.
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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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When a man has no reason to trust himself, he trusts in luck.
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Men are virtuous because the women are; women are virtuous from necessity.