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A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.

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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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Men are a good deal better collectively than they are individually. Many a man will do that privately which he will denounce in a crowd.
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A young man is a theory, an old man is a fact.
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The way to keep a cat is to try to chase it away.
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A man has his clothes made to fit him a woman makes herself fit her clothes.
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When a man dies, and his kin are glad of it, they say, He is better off.
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I declare my belief that it is not your duty to do anything that is not to your own interest. Whenever it is unquestionably your duty to do a thing, then it will benefit you to perform that duty.
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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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Bravery is knowledge of the cowardice of the enemy.
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Good manners do more for a man that good looks.
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Indignation does no good unless it is backed with a club of sufficient size to awe the opposition.
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Men have as exaggerated an idea of their rights as women have of their wrongs.
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A poem is no place for an idea.
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The only gambling tip which amounts to anything is to keep out of the game.
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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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You can't do anything unless you do it yourself. And usually you can't do it yourself very well.
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People tolerate those they fear further than those they love.
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At first a woman doesn't want anything but a husband, but as soon as gets one, she wants everything else in the world.
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Everyone hates a martyr it's no wonder martyrs were burned at the stake.
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When you are in trouble, people who call to sympathize are really looking for the particulars.
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