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A woman might as well propose: her husband will claim she did.
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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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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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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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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One has fear in front of a goat, in back of a mule, and on every side of a fool
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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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Good manners do more for a man that good looks.
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Many a man is saved from being a thief by finding everything locked up.
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When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.
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The only gambling tip which amounts to anything is to keep out of the game.
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Where the guests at a gathering are well-acquainted, they eat 20 per cent more than they otherwise would.
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A really busy person never knows how much he weighs.
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Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.
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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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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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Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist.
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Loving everybody is polygamy. I care for no friend who loves his enemy equally well.
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The only way to amuse some people is to slip and fall on an icy pavement.
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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.
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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.
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