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
husband women want
At first a woman doesn't want anything but a husband, but as soon as gets one, she wants everything else in the world.
fake-people women degrees
Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.
girl women hate
Somehow, everyone hates to see an unusually pretty girl get married. It is like taking a bite out of a very fine-looking peach.
sweet women kissing
Nothing pleases a woman quite so well as to look so sweet that a man wants to kiss her, and then abuse him for his impudence.
women buying-things buying
A woman does not spend all her time in buying things; she spends part of it in taking them back.
women breakfast looks
A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast.
wise wisdom men
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.
men talking america
I express many absurd opinions. But I am not the first man to do it; American freedom consists largely in talking nonsense.
men oatmeal diets
When a man diets, he eats oatmeal in addition to everything else he usually eats.
enemy should foe
A conquered foe should be watched.
smile mean adversity
No man can smile in the face of adversity and mean it.
mean opinion telling-the-truth
Express a mean opinion of yourself occasionally; it will show your friends that you know how to tell the truth.
god wonder lord
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.