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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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If you don't learn to laugh at troubles, you won't have anything to laugh at when you grow old.
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No man would listen to you talk if he didn't know it was his turn next.
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I have long been disposed to judge men by their average. If it is reasonably high, I am charitable with faults that look pretty black.
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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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When I am idle and shiftless, my affairs become confused when I work, I get results ... not great results, but enough to encourage me.
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Loving everybody is polygamy. I care for no friend who loves his enemy equally well.
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Youth is about the only thing worth having, and that is about the only thing youth has.
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For every quarrel a man and wife have before others, they have a hundred when alone.
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Nearly every man is a coward, if confronted by the proper terror.
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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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Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom wait until they have been married longer.
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No man is smart, except by comparison to those who know less
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Nearly every lawsuit is an insult to the intelligence of both plaintiff and defendant.
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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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Probably you have noted the resemblance of the critic to the crank.
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You can make up a quarrel, but it will always show where it was patched.
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Few men progress, except as they are pushed along by events.
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Half the time men think they are talking business, they are wasting time.
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To avoid mistakes and regrets, always consult your wife before engaging in a flirtation.
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When men are not regretting that life is so short, they are doing something to kill time.
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