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
adversity men justice
Abuse a man unjustly, and you will make friends for him.
expression giving literature
If your faith is opposed to experience, to human learning and investigation, it is not worth the breath used in giving it expression.
funny-marriage circus advertising
Marriage is a good deal like a circus: there is not as much in it as is represented in the advertising.
do-it-yourself wells
You can't do anything unless you do it yourself. And usually you can't do it yourself very well.
humorous sister-in-law want
If you want to know how old a woman is . . . ask her sister-in-law.
confused affair enough
When I am idle and shiftless, my affairs become confused; when I work, I get results ... not great results, but enough to encourage me.
fake-people women degrees
Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.
hope aging well-known
There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing - but we all do and call it Hope.
humility people modesty
The modest person is usually admired, if people ever hear of them.
keeping-promises people broken-promises
Half the promises people say were never kept, were never made.
funny punctuality get-up
Even if a farmer intends to loaf, he gets up in time to get an early start.
funny records ancestry
None of us can boast about the morality of our ancestors. The record does not show that Adam and Eve were ever married.
envy gossip criticism
The most destructive criticism is indifference.
selfishness may cold
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.