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E. W. Howe
1853 – 1937 • American • Novelist
60
Total Quotes
Collected Meditations
Showing 60 quotesThere 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
People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can't do.— E. W. Howe
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
When a man is trying to sell you something, don't imagine that he is polite all the time.— E. W. Howe
Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist.— E. W. Howe
When men are not regretting that life is so short, they are doing something to kill time.— E. W. Howe
You needn't love your enemy, but if you refrain from telling lies about him, you are doing well enough.— E. W. Howe
Every successful person I have heard of has done the best he could with the conditions as he found them, and not waited until next year for better.— E. W. Howe
Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.— E. W. Howe
When you are in trouble, people who call to sympathize are really looking for the particulars.— E. W. Howe
No woman ever falls in love with a man unless she has a better opinion of him than he deserves.— E. W. Howe
A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man.— E. W. Howe