E. W. Howe Quotes
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When a man is trying to sell you something, don't imagine that he is polite all the time.
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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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Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.
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It is hard to convince a high-school student that he will encounter a lot of problems more difficult than those of algebra and geometry.
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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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Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.
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Farmers only worry during the growing season, but townspeople worry all the time.
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The only way to amuse some people is to slip and fall on an icy pavement.
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The way out of trouble is never as simple as the way in.
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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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A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man.
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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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There is only one thing people like that is good for them; a good night's sleep.
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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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A small man always has one weapon he can use against a great big man: he can 'talk' about him.
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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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Men are virtuous because the women are; women are virtuous from necessity.
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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 men are not regretting that life is so short, they are doing something to kill time.
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When half the people believe one thing, and the other half another, it is usually safe to accept either opinion. The Democrats are as good as the Republicans, and the Catholics as good as the Protestants.
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A religion that never suffices to govern a man will never suffice to save him; that which does not sufficiently distinguish one from a wicked world will never distinguish him from a perishing world.
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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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Another thing which is about as sure as death and taxes, is that no man can go on bluffing indefinitely without being called.