Quote

There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing - but we all do and call it Hope.

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
Known
Hope
Wells
Well
Nothing
Something
Aging
Expect
Call

More quotes by 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
There is no get-rich-quick scheme equal to a poor girl marrying a rich man.
E. W. Howe
Image
The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win.
E. W. Howe
Image
When a man tells you what people are saying about you, tell him what people are saying about him that will immediately take his mind off your troubles.
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
When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have.
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
All of the troubles that some people have in life is that which they married into.
E. W. Howe
Image
Half the time men think they are talking business, they are wasting time.
E. W. Howe
Image
A poem is no place for an idea.
E. W. Howe
Image
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.
E. W. Howe
Image
If you don't learn to laugh at troubles, you won't have anything to laugh at when you grow old.
E. W. Howe
Image
The more wealth a man has, the louder his children talk.
E. W. Howe
Image
Success does not mean happiness: it means an unusual number of industrious enemies.
E. W. Howe
Image
Bravery is knowledge of the cowardice of the enemy.
E. W. Howe
Image
If you have sense enough to realize why flies gather around a restaurant, you should be able to appreciate why men run for office.
E. W. Howe
Image
Financial sense is knowing that certain men will promise to do certain things, and fail.
E. W. Howe
Image
The way out of trouble is never as simple as the way in
E. W. Howe
Image
If a man takes one day off, it takes him about three days to get the harness fitted again.
E. W. Howe
Image
Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom wait until they have been married longer.
E. W. Howe