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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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Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist.
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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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Marriage is a good deal like a circus: there is not as much in it as is represented in the advertising.
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Faith may have removed mountains way off somewhere, a long time ago, but it won't remove a wart at home this week.
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Nearly every man is a coward, if confronted by the proper terror.
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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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The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win.
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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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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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Loving everybody is polygamy. I care for no friend who loves his enemy equally well.
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Everyone suffers wrongs for which there is no remedy
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A man will do more for his stubbornness than for his religion or his country
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Many a man is saved from being a thief by finding everything locked up.
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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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No man can smile in the face of adversity and mean 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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When you can't do anything else to a boy, you can make him wash his face.
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A loafer never works except when there is a fire then he will carry out more furniture than anybody.
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Men have as exaggerated an idea of their rights as women have of their wrongs.
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