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51 Edgar Watson Howe Quotes & Sayings
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51 Edgar Watson Howe Quotes & Sayings
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Born: 3 May 1853. Died: 3 October 1937 |
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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.
Edgar Watson Howe
Get
Hold
Book
Admire
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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
Edgar Watson Howe
Man
Keep
Secret
Wise
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A man will do more for his stubbornness than for his religion or his country.
Edgar Watson Howe
Man
Do
More
Stubbornness
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A modest man is usually admired, if people ever hear of him.
Edgar Watson Howe
Modest
Man
Usually
Admired
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A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man.
Edgar Watson Howe
Woman
Forgive
Nodding
Acquaintance
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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.
Edgar Watson Howe
Faith
Opposed
Experience
Human
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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.
Edgar Watson Howe
Always
Type
Man
Loves
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If your faith is opposed to experience, to human learning and investigation, it is not worth the breath used to give it expression.
Edgar Watson Howe
Faith
Oppossed
Experience
Human
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Edgar Watson Howe
Troubles
People
Have
Life
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Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.
Edgar Watson Howe
Americans
Detest
Lies
Except
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When a man is trying to sell you something, don't imagine that he is polite all the time.
Edgar Watson Howe
Man
Sell
You
Imagine
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Edgar Watson Howe
Every
Quarrel
Man
Wife
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Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.
Edgar Watson Howe
Virtue
Valuable
Men
Women
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Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism.
Edgar Watson Howe
Abuse
Friends
Expect
Consider
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What people say behind your back is your standing in the community.
Edgar Watson Howe
What
Say
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Everyone suffers wrongs for which there is no remedy.
Edgar Watson Howe
Suffer
Everyone
Remedy
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When you are in trouble, people who call to sympathize are really looking for the particulars.
Edgar Watson Howe
Trouble
People
Call
Sympathize
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Edgar Watson Howe
Men
Regretting
Life
Short
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The worst feeling in the world is the homesickness that comes over a man occasionally when he is at home.
Edgar Watson Howe
Worst
Home
World
Homesicknessa
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When a man has no reason to trust himself, he trusts in luck.
Edgar Watson Howe
Man
Trust
Luck
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Men have as exaggerated an idea of their rights as women have of their wrongs.
Edgar Watson Howe
Men
Exaggerated
Idea
Right
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If a woman doesn't chase a man a little, she doesn't love him.
Edgar Watson Howe
Woman
Chase
Little
Love
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The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.
Edgar Watson Howe
Average
Man
Judgement
Poor
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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.
Edgar Watson Howe
Marriage
Good
Circus
Represented
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Woman
Old
Before
Breakfast
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The feeling of sleepiness when you are not in bed, and can't get there, is the meanest feeling in the world.
Edgar Watson Howe
Feeling
Sleepiness
Bed
Meanest
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Edgar Watson Howe
Some
Men
Alive
Simply
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People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can't do.
Edgar Watson Howe
People
Neglecting
Something
Trying
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If a man has money, it is usually a sign, too, that he knows how to take care of it; don't imagine his money is easy to get simply because he has plenty of it.
Edgar Watson Howe
Man
Money
Sign
Care
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You needn't love your enemy, but if you refrain from telling lies about him, you are doing well enough.
Edgar Watson Howe
You
Needn't
Enemy
Refrain
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Edgar Watson Howe
Little
Trouble
World
Love
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No woman ever falls in love with a man unless she has a better opinion of him than he deserves.
Edgar Watson Howe
Woman
Ever
Falls
Love
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If you don't learn to laugh at troubles, you won't have anything to laugh at when you grow old.
Edgar Watson Howe
Learn
Laugh
Troubles
Grow
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Underdog
Often
Fight
Start
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Half the time men think they are talking business, they are wasting time.
Edgar Watson Howe
Half
Time
Think
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Living up to ideals is like doing everyday work with your Sunday clothes on.
Edgar Watson Howe
Living-up
Ideals
Everyday
Work
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Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.
Edgar Watson Howe
Many
People
Truthful
Uncontrollable
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Instead of loving your enemies - treat your friends a little better.
Edgar Watson Howe
Instead
Loving
Enemies
Treat
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The way out of trouble is never as simple as the way in.
Edgar Watson Howe
Way
Troubles
Never
Simple
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Many a man is saved from being a thief by finding everything locked up.
Edgar Watson Howe
Many
Man
Saved
Thief
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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.
Edgar Watson Howe
Friend
Trouble
Annoy
Think
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The modest person is usually admired, if people ever hear of them.
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Modest
Person
Admired
Hear
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Ideal
Stay
Home
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One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself.
Edgar Watson Howe
Surprising
World
Respect
Worthless
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A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.
Edgar Watson Howe
Good
Worth
Scare
Man
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There is only one thing people like that is good for them; a good night's sleep.
Edgar Watson Howe
Like
People
Good
Night
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It is hard to convince a high-school student that he will encounter a lot of problems more difficult than those of algebra and geometry.
Edgar Watson Howe
Hard
Convince
High-school
Student
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When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have.
Edgar Watson Howe
People
Good
Music
Homesick
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Every successful person I have heard of has done the best he could with the conditions as he found them, and not waited until next year for better.
Edgar Watson Howe
Successful
Person
Heard
Best
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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.
Edgar Watson Howe
Greatest
Humiliation
Life
Work
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