E. W. Howe Quotes - Page 6

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• People tolerate those they fear further than those they love.

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  People, Anxiety, Tolerate

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• No wonder the teacher knows so much; she has the book.

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  Education, Teacher, Book

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• A man will do more for his stubbornness than for his religion or his country

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  Country, Men, Stubborn

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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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  Doe, Clubs, Size

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• A poem is no place for an idea.

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  Ideas

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• The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.

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  Satisfaction, Argument, Sounder

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• About all some men accomplish in life is to send a son to Harvard.

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  Education, Son, Men

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• The only way to amuse some people is to slip and fall on an icy pavement.

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  Fall, People, Icy

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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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  Motivation, Fire, Furniture

  "Ventures in Common Sense". Book by Edgar Watson Howe, p. 171, 1919.

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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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  Boys, Faces

  "Travel Letters from New Zealand, Australia and Africa". Book by Edgar Watson Howe, p. 120, 1913.

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• A women could never be President. A condidate must be over 35, and where are you going to find a woman who will admit she's over 35?

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  President

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• Most people have seen worse things in private than they pretend to be shocked at in public.

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  People, Spirituality, Shocked

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• Nothing tires a man more than to be grateful all the time.

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  Appreciation, Grateful, Men

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• The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win.

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  Dog, Fighting, Winning

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• It is your enemies who keep you straight. For real use one active, sneering enemy is worth two ordinary friends.

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  Hate, Real, Two

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• There is always a type of man who says he loves his fellow men, and expects to make a living at it.

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  Love, Men, Fellow Man

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• When I get hold of a book I particularly admire, I am so enthusiastic that I loan it to someone who never brings it back.

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  Book, Loan, Admire

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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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  Honesty, Powerful, Mistake

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• I believe in grumbling; it is the politest form of fighting known.

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  Believe, Fighting, Grumbling

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• A woman does not spend all her time in buying things; she spends part of it in taking them back.

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  Women, Buying Things, Doe

  "Country Town Sayings: A Collection of Paragraphs from the Atchison Globe". Book by Edgar Watson Howe, p. 16, 1911.

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• Reading is like permitting a man to talk a long time, and refusing you the right to answer.

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  Reading, Men, Long

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• Most of us are either too think to enjoy eating, or too fat to enjoy walking.

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  Food, Thinking, Eating

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• Express a mean opinion of yourself occasionally; it will show your friends that you know how to tell the truth.

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  Mean, Opinion, Telling The Truth

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• If you have sense enough to realize why flies gather around a restaurant, you should be able to appreciate why men run for office.

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  Running, Men, Appreciate

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• People never have confidence in a Big Talker. They know his statements must be cut down, but they can never tell how much.

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  Cutting, People, Bragging

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