E. W. Howe

• "For every quarrel a man and wife have before others, they have a hundred when alone.“
• "Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom wait until they have been married longer.“
• "Half the time men think they are talking business, they are wasting time.“
• "Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them.“
• "If your faith is opposed to experience, to human learning and investigation, it is not worth the breath used in giving it expression.“
• "If your faith is opposed to experience, to human learning and investigation, it is not worth the breath used in giving it expression.“
• "When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.“
• "Instead of loving your enemies - treat your friends a little better.“
• "It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.“
• "The little trouble in the world that is not due to love is due to friendship.“
• "A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.“
• "The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it.“
• "The worst feeling in the world is the homesickness that comes over a man occasionally when he is at home.“
• "To be an ideal guest, stay at home.“
• "If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers.“
• "There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing - but we all do and call it Hope.“
• "If your faith is opposed to experience, to human learning and investigation, it is not worth the breath used in giving it expression.“
• "The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it.“
• "Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom wait until they have been married longer.“
• "Marriage is a good deal like a circus: there is not as much in it as is represented in the advertising.“
• "There is always a type of man who says he loves his fellow men, and expects to make a living at it.“
• "Men have as exaggerated an idea of their rights as women have of their wrongs.“
• "Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them.“
• "If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers.“
• "When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have.“
• "A man will do more for his stubbornness than for his religion or his country.“
• "One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself.“
• "When a man has no reason to trust himself, he trusts in luck.“
• "A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.“
• "The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it.“
• "To be an ideal guest, stay at home.“

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