Edgar Watson Howe, 1853 - 1937
From the George Grantham Bain collection, Library of Congress
Born: 3 May 1853, Wabash County, Indiana (now Treaty)
Died: 3 October 1937, Atchison, Kansas
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E. W. Howe quotes:
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- A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around. permalink
E. W. Howe - A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice. permalink
E. W. Howe - A man has his clothes made to fit him; a woman makes herself fit her clothes. permalink
E. W. Howe - Country Town Sayings (1911) - A man will do more for his stubbornness than for his religion or his country. permalink
E. W. Howe - A modest man is usually admired, if people ever hear of him. permalink
E. W. Howe - A reasonable probability is the only certainty. permalink
E. W. Howe - Country Town Sayings (1911) - A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person. permalink
E. W. Howe - A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast. permalink
E. W. Howe - A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man. permalink
E. W. Howe - A young man is a theory, an old man is a fact. permalink
E. W. Howe - All of the troubles that some people have in life is that which they married into. permalink
E. W. Howe - Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone. permalink
E. W. Howe - Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism. permalink
E. W. Howe - Even if a farmer intends to loaf, he gets up in time to get an early start. permalink
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. permalink
E. W. Howe
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