Quote

One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself.

E. W. Howe

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

E. W. Howe
Age: 84 †
Born: 1853
Born: May 3
Died: 1937
Died: October 3
Editor
Journalist
Novelist
Edgar Watson Howe
Things
Men
World
Worthless
Surprising
Respect
Literature

More quotes by E. W. Howe

Image
Faith may have removed mountains way off somewhere, a long time ago, but it won't remove a wart at home this week.
E. W. Howe
Image
If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers.
E. W. Howe
Image
The greatest thing in the world is for a man to be able to do something well, and say nothing about it.
E. W. Howe
Image
Man is still a savage to the extent that he has little respect for anything that cannot hurt him.
E. W. Howe
Image
Probably you have noted the resemblance of the critic to the crank.
E. W. Howe
Image
When men are not regretting that life is so short, they are doing something to kill time.
E. W. Howe
Image
Few men progress, except as they are pushed along by events.
E. W. Howe
Image
The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it.
E. W. Howe
Image
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.
E. W. Howe
Image
The way to keep a cat is to try to chase it away.
E. W. Howe
Image
Honesty is largely a matter of information, of knowing that dishonesty is a mistake. Principle is not as powerful in keeping people straight as a policeman.
E. W. Howe
Image
Everyone hates a martyr it's no wonder martyrs were burned at the stake.
E. W. Howe
Image
A loafer never works except when there is a fire then he will carry out more furniture than anybody.
E. W. Howe
Image
I try to have no plans the failure of which would greatly annoy me. Half the unhappiness in the world is due to the failure of plans which were never reasonable, and often impossible.
E. W. Howe
Image
We are not free, it was not intended we should be. A book of rules is placed in our cradle, and we never get rid of it until we reach our graves. Then we are free, and only then.
E. W. Howe
Image
A reasonable probability is the only certainty.
E. W. Howe
Image
The only way to amuse some people is to slip and fall on an icy pavement.
E. W. Howe
Image
Indignation does no good unless it is backed with a club of sufficient size to awe the opposition.
E. W. Howe
Image
People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can't do.
E. W. Howe
Image
Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom wait until they have been married longer.
E. W. Howe