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Quotes from Ventures in Common Sense — E. W. Howe

1853–1937 United States

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

Ventures in Common Sense (1919)

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

Ventures in Common Sense (1919)

I know what women expect, and give it to them without disagreeable argument; they'll get it anyway.

Ventures in Common Sense (1919)

Silliness which would have broken a politician twenty years ago, now makes his fortune.

Ventures in Common Sense (1919)

We are now confronted with the necessity of remedying the remedies.

Ventures in Common Sense (1919)

A man who does not fool himself seldom cares much about fooling others. But the man who claims to have seen a ghost wants everybody else to believe in ghosts.

Ventures in Common Sense (1919)

When you hear that a certain man is so good that he wants to help everybody, you may depend upon it that he started the story.

Ventures in Common Sense (1919)

When half the people believe one thing, and the other half another, it is usually safe to accept either opinion. The Democrats are as good as the Republicans, and the Catholics as good as the Protestants.

Ventures in Common Sense (1919)

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