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E. W. Howe Quotes

1853–1937 United States

Edgar Watson Howe (May 3, 1853 – October 3, 1937), sometimes referred to as E. W.

United States
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Also known as: Ed Howe

Random E. W. Howe quote

36 quotes

However disagreeable a situation is to you, you cannot get rid of it by indignation.

E.W. Howe's Monthly (1911)

A man needs a friend not to flatter him, but to strengthen him at his weak points.

Country Town Sayings (1911)

Always remember that if a man knows where he can make a dollar, he will not tell you about it; he will go after it himself.

Country Town Sayings (1911)

Automobiles are like people: the cheap ones are noisy.

Country Town Sayings (1911)

The trouble in the world is nearly all due to the fact that one-half of the people are men, and the other half women.

Country Town Sayings (1911)

When you can't do anything else to a boy, you can make him wash his face.

Travel Letters from New Zealand, Australia and Africa (1913)

No man has all the wisdom in the world; everyone has some.

Country Town Sayings (1911)

A small man always has one weapon he can use against a great big man: he can "talk" about him.

Country Town Sayings (1911)

When a man is trying to sell you something, don't imagine he is that polite all the time.

Country Town Sayings (1911)

Another thing which is about as sure as death and taxes, is that no man can go on bluffing indefinitely without being called.

Country Town Sayings (1911)

People hate the man who is a constant drain on their sympathy.

Country Town Sayings (1911)

Every time you become confidential with some people, you hear of a new kind of dirty trick.

Country Town Sayings (1911)

A loafer never works except when there's a fire; then he will carry out more furniture than anybody.

Ventures in Common Sense (1919)

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

Country Town Sayings (1911)

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.

Country Town Sayings (1911)

Of living creatures, business men are nearest sane; their philosophy is as accurate as their multiplication table.

Ventures in Common Sense (1919)

One of the most difficult things in the world is to learn to take a hint easily.

Country Town Sayings (1911)

The experience of the world is worth more than the experience of any one man.

E.W. Howe's Monthly (1911)

Men are virtuous because the women are; women are virtuous from necessity.

The Story of a Country Town (1883)

To want your own way is a very bad habit, for you will never get it.

Country Town Sayings (1911)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: E. W. Howe (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.