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 world reform
As soon as the people fix one Shame of the World, another turns up.
government organization people
The government is mainly an expensive organization to regulate evildoers, and tax those who behave: government does little for fairly respectable people except annoy them.
gossip people trouble
When you are in trouble, people who call to sympathize are really looking for the particulars.
people anxiety tolerate
People tolerate those they fear further than those they love.
people married life-is
All of the troubles that some people have in life is that which they married into.
keeping-promises people broken-promises
Half the promises people say were never kept, were never made.
fall people icy
The only way to amuse some people is to slip and fall on an icy pavement.
people desire would-be
Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.
people spirituality shocked
Most people have seen worse things in private than they pretend to be shocked at in public.
fake-people women degrees
Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.
humility people modesty
The modest person is usually admired, if people ever hear of them.
men people advice
When a man tells you what people are saying about you, tell him what people are saying about him; that will immediately take his mind off your troubles.
people fattening ifs
Most people eat as if they were fattening themselves for market.
should-have yesterday people
Most people put off till tomorrow that which they should have done yesterday.