E. W. Howe
E. W. Howe
Edgar Watson Howe, sometimes referred to as E. W. Howe, was an American novelist and newspaper and magazine editor in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was perhaps best known for his magazine, E.W. Howe's Monthly. Howe was well traveled and known for his sharp wit in his editorials...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth3 May 1853
CountryUnited States of America
boys faces
When you can't do anything else to a boy, you can make him wash his face.
singing church christianity
If you go to church, and like the singing better than the preaching, that's not orthodox.
men knowing promise
Financial sense is knowing that certain men will promise to do certain things, and fail.
freedom book graves
We are not free, it was not intended we should be. A book of rules is placed in our cradle, and we never get rid of it until we reach our graves. Then we are free, and only then.
children men talking
Don't take up a man's time talking about the smartness of your children; he wants to talk to you about the smartness of his children.
fool sides goats
One has fear in front of a goat, in back of a mule, and on every side of a fool
people world reform
As soon as the people fix one Shame of the World, another turns up.
love men littles
If a woman doesn't chase a man a little, she doesn't love him.
wise true-friend answers
An honest answer is the sign of true friendship.
success men realizing
A successful man cannot realize how hard an unsuccessful man finds life.
home men feelings
The worst feeling in the world is the homesickness that comes over a man occasionally when he is at home.
respect hurt men
Man is still a savage to the extent that he has little respect for anything that cannot hurt him.
death crazy men
Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them.
flower wish may
Friends are like a pleasant park where you wish to go; while you may enjoy the flowers, you may not eat them.