E.W. Howe > Quotes

“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.”
― Edgar Watson Howe

“One of the most difficult things in the world is to convince a woman that even a bargain costs money.”
― Edgar Watson Howe

“When I get hold of a book I particularly admire, I am so enthusiastic that I loan it to someone who never brings it back.”
― Edgar Watson Howe

“When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they've never had, and never will have”
― Edgar Watson Howe

“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”
― Edgar Watson Howe

“A man should be taller, older, heavier, uglier, and hoarser than his wife.”
― E.W. Howe

“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.”
― E.W. Howe

“Most people have seen worse things in private than they pretend to be shocked at in public.”
― Edgar Watson Howe

“A reasonable probability is the only certainty.”
― E.W. Howe

“To be an ideal guest, stay at home.”
― E.W. Howe

“The most destructive criticism is indifference.”
― E.W. Howe

“Probably no man ever had a friend that he did not dislike a little. ~E.W. Howe”
― E.W. Howe

“If your faith is opposed to experience, to human learning and investigation, it is not worth the breath used to give it expression.”
― Edgar Watson Howe

“A man needs a friend not to flatter him, but to strengthen him at his weak points.”
― Edgar Watson Howe

“If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you're old.”
― Edgar Watson Howe

“What people say behind your back is your standing in the community in which you live.”
― Edgar Watson Howe

“Abusing the prosperous in order to curry the favor of the envious, is an old game that still works better than it should.”
― Edgar Watson Howe

“No woman ever falls in love with a man unless she has a better opinion of him than he deserves.”
― Edgar Watson Howe

“People hate the man who is a constant drain on their sympathy.”
― Edgar Watson Howe

“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.”
― E.W. Howe, A man Story

“A woman who can`t forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man.”
― Edgar Watson Howe

“There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing - but we all do and call it hope.”
― Edgar Watson Howe