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
funny punctuality get-up
Even if a farmer intends to loaf, he gets up in time to get an early start.
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The way to keep a cat is to try to chase it away.
funny humor men
Many a man is saved from being a thief by finding everything locked up.
funny records ancestry
None of us can boast about the morality of our ancestors. The record does not show that Adam and Eve were ever married.
funny-marriage circus advertising
Marriage is a good deal like a circus: there is not as much in it as is represented in the advertising.
funny mother children
If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers.
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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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I express many absurd opinions. But I am not the first man to do it; American freedom consists largely in talking nonsense.
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When a man diets, he eats oatmeal in addition to everything else he usually eats.
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A conquered foe should be watched.
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No man can smile in the face of adversity and mean it.
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Express a mean opinion of yourself occasionally; it will show your friends that you know how to tell the truth.
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We love the Lord, of course, but we often wonder what He finds in us.
boys faces
When you can't do anything else to a boy, you can make him wash his face.