E. W. Howe Quotes - Page 2

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• None of us can boast about the morality of our ancestors. The record does not show that Adam and Eve were ever married.

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  Funny, Doe, Records

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• Nearly every man is a coward, if confronted by the proper terror.

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  Men, Coward, Terror

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• A man has a right to think lots of things he has no right to say.

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  Men, Thinking

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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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• A young man is a theory, an old man is a fact.

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  Men, Facts, Theory

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• All of the troubles that some people have in life is that which they married into.

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  People, Literature, Married

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• When men are not regretting that life is so short, they are doing something to kill time.

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  Life, Regret, Men

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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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• Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom; wait until they have been married longer.

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  Anniversary, Secret Love, Waiting

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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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• One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself.

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  Respect, Men, Literature

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• Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist.

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  Life, Men, Worry

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• Bravery is knowledge of the cowardice of the enemy.

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  Courage, Bravery, Enemy

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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.

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  Education, Teenage, Teaching

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• No man would listen to you talk if he didn't know it was his turn next.

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  Men, Listening, Next

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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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• 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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• 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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• Man is still a savage to the extent that he has little respect for anything that cannot hurt him.

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  Respect, Hurt, Men

  "The last word on Respect" by AC Grayling, www.theguardian.com. December 8, 2000.

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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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• Faith may have removed mountains way off somewhere, a long time ago, but it won't remove a wart at home this week.

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  Faith, Home, Long

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