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
people spirituality shocked
Most people have seen worse things in private than they pretend to be shocked at in public.
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Raising children is like making biscuits: it is as easy to raise a big batch as one, while you have your hands in the dough.
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A man should be taller, older, heavier, uglier, and hoarser than his wife.
success business teaching
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.
love lying enemy
You needn't love your enemy, but if you refrain from telling lies about him, you are doing well enough.
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Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.
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There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing - but we all do and call it Hope.
humility people modesty
The modest person is usually admired, if people ever hear of them.
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Men have as exaggerated an idea of their rights as women have of their wrongs.
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Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone.
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Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.
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A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.
trust men luck
When a man has no reason to trust himself, he trusts in luck.
love men fellow-man
There is always a type of man who says he loves his fellow men, and expects to make a living at it.