Author: Edgar Watson Howe

About all some men accomplish in life is to send a son to Harvard.

(1853 – 1937) journalist, writer & editor
Children People

People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can't fool the neighbors.

(1853 – 1937) journalist, writer & editor
People Situations

To be an ideal guest, stay at home.

(1853 – 1937) journalist, writer & editor
Situations

Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them.

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Characteristics Law People

No man's credit is as good as his money.

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Money People

All of the troubles that some people have in life is that which they married into.

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Marriage Problems

A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast.

(1853 – 1937) journalist, writer & editor
Age Appearance Old People Women

Farmers only worry during the growing season, but townspeople worry all the time.

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Emotions

A modest man is usually admired, if people ever hear of him.

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Characteristics People

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

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Money People Shopping Women

A poem is no place for an idea.

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Communication Ideas Intelligence Reading/Writing

When a man says money can do anything… he hasn't got any.

(1853 – 1937) journalist, writer & editor
Money

One has fear in front of a goat, in back of a mule, and on every side of a fool.

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Emotions Fear Fools Intelligence

Even if a farmer intends to loaf, he gets up in time to get an early start.

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Time

One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself.

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Characteristics People

A man will do more for his stubbornness than for his religion or his country.

(1853 – 1937) journalist, writer & editor
Characteristics

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

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Husbands Marriage Time Wives

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

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Children Family

A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man.

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Men People Women

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

(1853 – 1937) journalist, writer & editor
Marriage

If you want to know how old a woman is, ask her sister-in-law.

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Age People Women