Top 160 E.W. Howe Quotes (2024 Update)
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51. “Honesty is largely a matter of information, of knowing that dishonesty is a mistake. Principle is not as powerful in keeping people straight as a policeman.”

— E.W. Howe

52. “Nearly every man is a coward, if confronted by the proper terror.”

— E.W. Howe

53. “A man forgets his good luck next day, but remembers his bad luck until next year.”

— E.W. Howe

54. “Every man is a reformer until reform tramps on his toes.”

— E.W. Howe

55. “We are not free, it was not intended we should be. A book of rules is placed in our cradle, and we never get rid of it until we reach our graves. Then we are free, and only then.”

— E.W. Howe

56. “People tolerate those they fear further than those they love.”

— E.W. Howe

57. “Express a mean opinion of yourself occasionally; it will show your friends that you know how to tell the truth.”

— E.W. Howe

58. “Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist.”

— E.W. Howe

59. “Where the guests at a gathering are well-acquainted, they eat 20 per cent more than they otherwise would.”

— E.W. Howe

60. “Abuse a man unjustly, and you will make friends for him.”

— E.W. Howe

61. “A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast.”

— E.W. Howe

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

— E.W. Howe

63. “A man has his clothes made to fit him; a woman makes herself fit her clothes.”

— E.W. Howe

64. “Everyone hates a martyr; it’s no wonder martyrs were burned at the stake.”

— E.W. Howe

65. “Families with babies and families without babies are sorry for each other.”

— E.W. Howe

66. “I believe in grumbling; it is the politest form of fighting known.”

— E.W. Howe

67. “You can make up a quarrel, but it will always show where it was patched.”

— E.W. Howe

68. “A successful man cannot realize how hard an unsuccessful man finds life.”

— E.W. Howe

69. “Everyone suffers wrongs for which there is no remedy.”

— E.W. Howe

70. “Raising children is like making biscuits: it is as easy to raise a big batch as one, while you have your hands in the dough.”

— E.W. Howe

71. “It is your enemies who keep you straight. For real use one active, sneering enemy is worth two ordinary friends.”

— E.W. Howe

72. “Many a man is saved from being a thief by finding everything locked up.”

— E.W. Howe

73. “A poem is no place for an idea.”

— E.W. Howe

74. “Financial sense is knowing that certain men will promise to do certain things, and fail.”

— E.W. Howe

75. “Nothing pleases a woman quite so well as to look so sweet that a man wants to kiss her, and then abuse him for his impudence.”

— E.W. Howe

76. “The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win.”

— E.W. Howe

77. “When you are in trouble, people who call to sympathize are really looking for the particulars.”

— E.W. Howe

78. “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.”

— E.W. Howe

79. “When a man has no reason to trust himself, he trusts in luck.”

— E.W. Howe

80. “The way to keep a cat is to try to chase it away.”

— E.W. Howe

81. “A women could never be President. A condidate must be over 35, and where are you going to find a woman who will admit she’s over 35?”

— E.W. Howe

82. “Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom; wait until they have been married longer.”

— E.W. Howe

83. “Nothing tires a man more than to be grateful all the time.”

— E.W. Howe

84. “People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can’t do.”

— E.W. Howe

85. “A conquered foe should be watched.”

— E.W. Howe

86. “Fishing seems to be the favorite form of loafing.”

— E.W. Howe

87. “There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing – but we all do and call it Hope.”

— E.W. Howe

88. “Friends are like a pleasant park where you wish to go; while you may enjoy the flowers, you may not eat them.”

— E.W. Howe

89. “The average man’s judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.”

— E.W. Howe

90. “Marriage is a good deal like a circus: there is not as much in it as is represented in the advertising.”

— E.W. Howe

91. “If your faith is opposed to experience, to human learning and investigation, it is not worth the breath used in giving it expression.”

— E.W. Howe

92. “Youth is about the only thing worth having, and that is about the only thing youth has.”

— E.W. Howe

93. “There is only one thing people like that is good for them; a good night’s sleep.”

— E.W. Howe

94. “Probably you have noted the resemblance of the critic to the crank.”

— E.W. Howe

95. “A woman does not spend all her time in buying things; she spends part of it in taking them back.”

— E.W. Howe

96. “Probably no man ever had a friend that he did not dislike a little.”

— E.W. Howe

97. “Half the time men think they are talking business, they are wasting time.”

— E.W. Howe

98. “I try to have no plans the failure of which would greatly annoy me. Half the unhappiness in the world is due to the failure of plans which were never reasonable, and often impossible.”

— E.W. Howe

99. “The feeling of sleepiness when you are not in bed, and can’t get there, is the meanest feeling in the world.”

— E.W. Howe

100. “Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.”

— E.W. Howe