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I declare my belief that it is not your duty to do anything that is not to your own interest. Whenever it is unquestionably your duty to do a thing, then it will benefit you to perform that duty.
E. W. Howe -
We must be truthful and fair in the ordinary affairs of life before we can be truthful and fair in patriotism and religion.
E. W. Howe
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People never have confidence in a Big Talker. They know his statements must be cut down, but they can never tell how much.
E. W. Howe -
It is your enemies who keep you straight. For real use one active, sneering enemy is worth two ordinary friends.
E. W. Howe -
One trouble with growing old is that it gets progressively tougher to find a famous historical figure, who didn't amount to much when he was your age.
E. W. Howe -
Nothing pleases a woman quite so well as to look so sweet that a man wants to kiss her, and then abuse him for his impudence.
E. W. Howe -
As a man handles his troubles during the day, so he goes to bed at night a General, Captain, or Private.
E. W. Howe -
Where the guests at a gathering are well-acquainted, they eat 20 per cent more than they otherwise would.
E. W. Howe