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Famous E. W. Howe Quotes
“A woman does not spend all her time in buying things; she spends part of it in taking them back.”
“A man forgets his good luck next day, but remembers his bad luck until next year.”
“A man who will not get scared on some occasions, lacks good sense.”
“When a man asks your advice, he usually tells you just how he expects you to decide.”
“It is a matter of regret that many low, mean suspicions turn out to be well founded.”
“If the fools do not control the world, it isn't because they are not in the majority.”
“Indignation does no good unless it is backed with a club of sufficient size to awe the opposition.”
“So long as we do not blow our brains out, we have decided life is worth living.”
“Everyone hates a martyr; it's no wonder martyrs were burned at the stake.”
“Loving everybody is polygamy. I care for no friend who loves his enemy equally well.”
“Man is still a savage to the extent that he has little respect for anything that cannot hurt him.”
“As soon as the people fix one Shame of the World, another turns up.”
“A successful man cannot realize how hard an unsuccessful man finds life.”
“Most of us are either too think to enjoy eating, or too fat to enjoy walking.”
“One has fear in front of a goat, in back of a mule, and on every side of a fool”
“When a man diets, he eats oatmeal in addition to everything else he usually eats.”
“Put cream and sugar on a fly and it tastes very much like a raspberry.”