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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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Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism.
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People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can't do.
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Few men progress, except as they are pushed along by events.
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If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers.
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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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Abuse a man unjustly, and you will make friends for him.
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As soon as the people fix one Shame of the World, another turns up.
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A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.
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For every quarrel a man and wife have before others, they have a hundred when alone.
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The greatest thing in the world is for a man to be able to do something well, and say nothing about it.
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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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The only gambling tip which amounts to anything is to keep out of the game.
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Financial sense is knowing that certain men will promise to do certain things, and fail.
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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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The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it.
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American freedom consists largely in talking nonsense.
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If your faith is opposed to experience, to human learning and investigation, it is not worth the breath used in giving it expression.
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No man can smile in the face of adversity and mean it.
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Nearly every lawsuit is an insult to the intelligence of both plaintiff and defendant.
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To avoid mistakes and regrets, always consult your wife before engaging in a flirtation.
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