E. W. Howe Quotes - Page 3

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• One of the most difficult things in the world is to convince a woman that even a bargain costs money.

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  Cost, World, Difficult

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• Families with babies and families without babies are sorry for each other.

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  Family, Meaningful, Baby

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• Many a man is saved from being a thief by finding everything locked up.

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  Funny, Humor, Men

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• When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have.

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  Music, Piano, People

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• The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep.

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  Wise, Wisdom, Men

  "Country Town Sayings: A Collection of Paragraphs from the Atchison Globe". Book by Edgar Watson Howe, p. 9, 1911.

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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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  Men, People, Advice

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• How good we all are, in theory, to the old; and how in fact we wish them to wander off like old dogs, die without bothering us, and bury themselves.

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  Dog, Wish, Age

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• Success does not mean happiness: it means an unusual number of industrious enemies.

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  Success, Mean, Numbers

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• You needn't love your enemy, but if you refrain from telling lies about him, you are doing well enough.

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  Love, Lying, Enemy

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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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  Husband, Women, World

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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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  Do It Yourself, Wells

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• Somehow, everyone hates to see an unusually pretty girl get married. It is like taking a bite out of a very fine-looking peach.

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  Girl, Hate, Women

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• For every quarrel a man and wife have before others, they have a hundred when alone.

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  Marriage, Men, Wife

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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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  Men, Crowds, Deals

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• The only thing some people do is get older.

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  Inspirational, People

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• A man has his clothes made to fit him; a woman makes herself fit her clothes.

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  Inspirational, Men, Clothes

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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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  Life, Gratitude, Appreciation

  "Top Performance". Book by Zig Ziglar (p. 64), September 1, 2004.

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• A successful man cannot realize how hard an unsuccessful man finds life.

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  Success, Men, Realizing

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• It is a matter of regret that many low, mean suspicions turn out to be well founded.

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  Regret, Mean, Matter

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• Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.

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  Lying, Deceit, Printed

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• Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism.

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  Friendship, Envy, Gossip

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• Don't be crazy to do a lot of things you can't do.

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  Crazy, Being Crazy

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• There is only one thing people like that is good for them; a good night's sleep.

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  Good Night, Sleep, People

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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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  Friendship, Relationship, Patience

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• Nothing pleases a woman quite so well as to look so sweet that a man wants to kiss her, and then abuse him for his impudence.

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  Sweet, Women, Kissing

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