QUOTES by Edgar Watson Howe
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"Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom; wait until they have been married longer."
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"The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it."
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"Every successful person I have heard of has done the best he could with the conditions as he found them, and not waited until next year for better."
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"When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have."
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"It is hard to convince a high-school student that he will encounter a lot of problems more difficult than those of algebra and geometry."
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"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."
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"There is only one thing people like that is good for them; a good night's sleep."
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"There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing - but we all do and call it Hope."
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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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"One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself."
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"Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist."
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"None of us can boast about the morality of our ancestors. The record does not show that Adam and Eve were ever married."
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"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."
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"Many a man is saved from being a thief by finding everything locked up."
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"Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk."
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"Living up to ideals is like doing everyday work with your Sunday clothes on."
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"Half the time men think they are talking business, they are wasting time."
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"The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win."
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"If you don't learn to laugh at troubles, you won't have anything to laugh at when you grow old."
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"No woman ever falls in love with a man unless she has a better opinion of him than he deserves."
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"The little trouble in the world that is not due to love is due to friendship."
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"You needn't love your enemy, but if you refrain from telling lies about him, you are doing well enough."
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"If a man has money, it is usually a sign, too, that he knows how to take care of it; don't imagine his money is easy to get simply because he has plenty of it."
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"People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can't do."
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"Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them."
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"The feeling of sleepiness when you are not in bed, and can't get there, is the meanest feeling in the world."
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"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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"Marriage is a good deal like a circus: there is not as much in it as is represented in the advertising."
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"The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it."
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"Men have as exaggerated an idea of their rights as women have of their wrongs."
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"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."
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"The worst feeling in the world is the homesickness that comes over a man occasionally when he is at home."
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"When men are not regretting that life is so short, they are doing something to kill time."
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