E. W. Howe Quotes

United States, Novelist
May 3, 1853 – October, 3, 1937.

Edgar Watson Howe (May 3, 1853 – October 3, 1937), sometimes referred to as E. W. Howe, was an American novelist and newspaper and magazine editor in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was perhaps best known for his magazine, E.W. Howe's Monthly. Howe was well traveled and known for his sharp wit in his editorials.

Also known as Editor, Journalist

The government is mainly an expensive organization to regulate evildoers, and tax those who behave: government does little for fairly respectable people except annoy them.

E. W. Howe
A women could never be President. A condidate must be over 35, and where are you going to find a woman who will admit she's over 35?

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- Women
- She

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.

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- Sweet
- Kiss
- Abuse
It is your enemies who keep you straight. For real use one active, sneering enemy is worth two ordinary friends.

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- Real
- Friends
- Enemy
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.

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- Age
- Growing
- Famous
People never have confidence in a Big Talker. They know his statements must be cut down, but they can never tell how much.

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- People
- Confidence
What is common sense? That which attracts the least opposition that which brings most agreeable and worthy results.

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Where the guests at a gathering are well-acquainted, they eat 20 per cent more than they otherwise would.

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When a man tells you what people are saying about you, tell him what people are saying about him; that will immediately take his mind off your troubles.

E. W. Howe
- People
- Mind
As a man handles his troubles during the day, so he goes to bed at night a General, Captain, or Private.

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- Night