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None of us can boast about the morality of our ancestors. The record does not show that Adam and Eve were ever married.
E. W. Howe
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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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A reasonable probability is the only certainty.
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Men have as exaggerated an idea of their rights as women have of their wrongs.
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When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have.
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You can't do anything unless you do it yourself. And usually you can't do it yourself very well.
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Don't take up a man's time talking about the smartness of your children he wants to talk to you about the smartness of his children.
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If the fools do not control the world, it isn't because they are not in the majority.
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The more wealth a man has, the louder his children talk.
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It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
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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.
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If you have sense enough to realize why flies gather around a restaurant, you should be able to appreciate why men run for office.
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No man's credit is ever as good as his money.
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One has fear in front of a goat, in back of a mule, and on every side of a fool
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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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Most people put off till tomorrow that which they should have done yesterday.
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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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