“About all some men accomplish in life is to send a son to Harvard.”
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Famous E. W. Howe Quotes
“Financial sense is knowing that certain men will promise to do certain things, and fail.”
“Nearly every man is a coward, if confronted by the proper terror.”
“A man has a right to think lots of things he has no right to say.”
“If a man takes one day off, it takes him about three days to get the harness fitted again.”
“Men are virtuous because women are; women are virtuous from necessity.”
“If a woman doesn't chase a man a little, she doesn't love him.”
“Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them.”
“One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself.”
“A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man.”
“Half the time men think they are talking business, they are wasting time.”
“Many a man is saved from being a thief by finding everything locked up.”
“The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.”
“When a man has no reason to trust himself, he trusts in luck.”
“Men have as exaggerated an idea of their rights as women have of their wrongs.”
“Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.”
“When a man dies, and his kin are glad of it, they say, "He is better off."”
“A man should be taller, older, heavier, uglier, and hoarser than his wife.”
“Nothing tires a man more than to be grateful all the time.”
“The man who insists he as good as anybody, believes he is better.”
“When a man is trying to sell you something, don't imagine he is that polite all the time.”
“There is no such thing as a convincing argument, although every man thinks he has one.”
“When men are not regretting that life is so short, they are doing something to kill time.”
“There is no get-rich-quick scheme equal to a poor girl marrying a rich man.”
“Probably no man ever had a friend that he did not dislike a little.”
“No man would listen to you talk if he didn't know it was his turn next.”
“A man has his clothes made to fit him; a woman makes herself fit her clothes.”
“For every quarrel a man and wife have before others, they have a hundred when alone.”
“Reading is like permitting a man to talk a long time, and refusing you the right to answer.”
“No man has all the wisdom in the world; everyone has some.”
“A man will do more for his stubbornness than for his religion or his country”