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
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Loving everybody is polygamy. I care for no friend who loves his enemy equally well.
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Indignation does no good unless it is backed with a club of sufficient size to awe the opposition.
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In thousands of years there has been no advance in public morals, in philosophy, in religion or in politics, but the advance in business has been the greatest miracle the world has ever known.
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A woman does not spend all her time in buying things; she spends part of it in taking them back.
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Few men progress, except as they are pushed along by events.
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We must be truthful and fair in the ordinary affairs of life before we can be truthful and fair in patriotism and religion.
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The greatest thing in the world is for a man to be able to do something well, and say nothing about it.
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I have long been disposed to judge men by their average. If it is reasonably high, I am charitable with faults that look pretty black.
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Every man is a reformer until reform tramps on his toes.
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Everyone suffers wrongs for which there is no remedy
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A man will do more for his stubbornness than for his religion or his country
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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.
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Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone.
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Men have as exaggerated an idea of their rights as women have of their wrongs.