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Good manners do more for a man that good looks.

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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Indignation does no good unless it is backed with a club of sufficient size to awe the opposition.
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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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You can make up a quarrel, but it will always show where it was patched.
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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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A reasonable probability is the only certainty.
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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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At first a woman doesn't want anything but a husband, but as soon as gets one, she wants everything else in the world.
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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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None of us can boast about the morality of our ancestors. The record does not show that Adam and Eve were ever married.
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A conquered foe should be watched.
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No man's credit is ever as good as his money.
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The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.
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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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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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The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win.
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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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You can't do anything unless you do it yourself. And usually you can't do it yourself very well.
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Raising children is like making biscuits: it is as easy to raise a big batch as one, while you have your hands in the dough.
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A young man is a theory, an old man is a fact.
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