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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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E. W. Howe
Age: 84 †
Born: 1853
Born: May 3
Died: 1937
Died: October 3
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Edgar Watson Howe
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I have long been disposed to judge men by their average. If it is reasonably high, I am charitable with faults that look pretty black.
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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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People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can't do.
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A reasonable probability is the only certainty.
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A woman might as well propose: her husband will claim she did.
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Loving everybody is polygamy. I care for no friend who loves his enemy equally well.
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It is a matter of regret that many low, mean suspicions turn out to be well founded.
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If a man has money, it is usually a sign, too, that he knows how to take care of it don't imagine his money is easy to get simply because he has plenty of it.
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A man who will not get scared on some occasions, lacks good sense.
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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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