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A young man is a theory, an old man is a fact.
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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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.
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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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There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing - but we all do and call it Hope.
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