E. W. Howe famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Instead of loving your enemies - treat your friends a little better.
-- E. W. Howe

#Friendship #Enemy #Littles
Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom; wait until they have been married longer.
-- E. W. Howe

#Anniversary #Secret Love #Waiting
If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers.
-- E. W. Howe

#Funny #Mother #Children
The way out of trouble is never as simple as the way in
-- E. W. Howe

#Simple #Way #Trouble
A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast.
-- E. W. Howe

#Women #Looks #Breakfast
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.
-- E. W. Howe

#Friendship #Relationship #Patience
There is only one thing people like that is good for them; a good night's sleep.
-- E. W. Howe

#Good Night #Sleep #Night
The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it.
-- E. W. Howe

#Life #Gratitude #Appreciation
One of the most difficult things in the world is to convince a woman that even a bargain costs money.
-- E. W. Howe

#Cost #World #Difficult
Farmers only worry during the growing season, but townspeople worry all the time.
-- E. W. Howe

#Time #Worry #Growing
Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist.
-- E. W. Howe

#Life #Men #Worry
When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have.
-- E. W. Howe

#Music #Piano #People
To avoid mistakes and regrets, always consult your wife before engaging in a flirtation.
-- E. W. Howe

#Marriage #Regret #Mistake
When men are not regretting that life is so short, they are doing something to kill time.
-- E. W. Howe

#Regret #Life Is Short #Men
Probably no man ever had a friend that he did not dislike a little.
-- E. W. Howe

#Friendship #Men #Littles
A thief believes everybody steals.
-- E. W. Howe

#Lying #Believe #Thieves
One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself.
-- E. W. Howe

#Respect #Men #Literature
To be an ideal guest, stay at home.
-- E. W. Howe

#New Year #Home #Guests
Some people never have anything except ideals.
-- E. W. Howe

#People
People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can't do.
-- E. W. Howe

#People #Trying #Neglect
There is something in the red of a raspberry pie that looks as good to a man as the red in a sheep looks to a wolf.
-- E. W. Howe

#Men #Sheep #Pie
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.
-- E. W. Howe

#Education #Teenage #Teaching
You can't do anything unless you do it yourself. And usually you can't do it yourself very well.
-- E. W. Howe

#Do It Yourself #Wells
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

#Wise #Wisdom #Men
The most agreeable thing in life is worthy accomplishment. It is not possible that the idle tramp is as contented as the farmers along the road who own their own farms, and whose credit is good at the bank in town. When the tramps get together at night, they abuse the farmers, but do not get as much satisfaction out of it as do the farmers who abuse the tramps. The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.
-- E. W. Howe

#Night #Accomplishment #Abuse

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