When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have.
- E. W. Howe
Music, Will, Makes, Homesick
Everyone suffers wrongs for which there is no remedy.
- E. W. Howe
Everyone, Which, Suffers, Remedy
None of us can boast about the morality of our ancestors. The record does not show that Adam and Eve were ever married.
- E. W. Howe
Show, About, Adam, Eve
The only way to amuse some people is to slip and fall on an icy pavement.
- E. W. Howe
Some, Pavement, Amuse, Slip
You needn't love your enemy, but if you refrain from telling lies about him, you are doing well enough.
- E. W. Howe
Love, Doing, Telling, Refrain
Many a man is saved from being a thief by finding everything locked up.
- E. W. Howe
Man, Saved, Thief, Locked
The feeling of sleepiness when you are not in bed, and can't get there, is the meanest feeling in the world.
- E. W. Howe
World, Bed, Get, Meanest
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
Year, Next, Could, Waited
If you don't learn to laugh at troubles, you won't have anything to laugh at when you grow old.
- E. W. Howe
Learn, Grow, Old, Laugh
There is always a type of man who says he loves his fellow men, and expects to make a living at it.
- E. W. Howe
Men, Living, Always, Expects
If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers.
- E. W. Howe
Mom, Away, Part, Asylum
Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone.
- E. W. Howe
Enthusiasm, Common, Anyone, Common Sense
The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.
- E. W. Howe
Average, Poor, Judgment, Runs
Farmers only worry during the growing season, but townspeople worry all the time.
- E. W. Howe
Growing, Worry, Only, Season
It is hard to convince a high-school student that he will encounter a lot of problems more difficult than those of algebra and geometry.
- E. W. Howe
Student, Will, More, Geometry
Half the time men think they are talking business, they are wasting time.
- E. W. Howe
Think, Wasting, Half, Half The Time
Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.
- E. W. Howe
Desire, More, Would, Truthful
The modest person is usually admired, if people ever hear of them.
- E. W. Howe
Person, Admired, Ever, Modest Person
Living up to ideals is like doing everyday work with your Sunday clothes on.
- E. W. Howe
Doing, Living, Sunday, Everyday
It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
- E. W. Howe
Friendship, Treat, Other, Selfishness
The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.
- E. W. Howe
Argument, More, Get, Sounder
Fishing seems to be the favorite form of loafing.
- E. W. Howe
Fishing, Seems, Form, Loafing
The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it.
- E. W. Howe
Work, Work Hard, Which, Humiliation
Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.
- E. W. Howe
Lies, Public, Printed, Detest
The little trouble in the world that is not due to love is due to friendship.
- E. W. Howe
Love, Friendship, World, Love Is
A man will do more for his stubbornness than for his religion or his country.
- E. W. Howe
Country, Will, His, Stubbornness
For every quarrel a man and wife have before others, they have a hundred when alone.
- E. W. Howe
Alone, Before, Hundred, Quarrel
The worst feeling in the world is the homesickness that comes over a man occasionally when he is at home.
- E. W. Howe
Home, Over, Homesickness, Occasionally
The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win.
- E. W. Howe
Underdog, Upper, Deserves, Occasionally
A thief believes everybody steals.
- E. W. Howe
Thief, Everybody, Believes, Steals
The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep.
- E. W. Howe
Wise, May, Half, Secrets
A young man is a theory, an old man is a fact.
- E. W. Howe
Fact, Young, Young Man, Old Man
When a man has no reason to trust himself, he trusts in luck.
- E. W. Howe
Trust, Chance, Reason, No Reason
Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom; wait until they have been married longer.
- E. W. Howe
Anniversary, Bride, Never, Groom
Men have as exaggerated an idea of their rights as women have of their wrongs.
- E. W. Howe
Men, Idea, Exaggerated, Wrongs
A modest man is usually admired, if people ever hear of him.
- E. W. Howe
Man, Admired, Ever, Modest
Instead of loving your enemies - treat your friends a little better.
- E. W. Howe
Friendship, Better, Loving, Enemies
All of the troubles that some people have in life is that which they married into.
- E. W. Howe
Some, Which, Troubles, Some People
Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist.
- E. W. Howe
Die, Some, Which, Imaginary
Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them.
- E. W. Howe
Death, Law, Some, Simply
Families with babies and families without babies are sorry for each other.
- E. W. Howe
Sorry, Other, Babies, Families
The most destructive criticism is indifference.
- E. W. Howe
Indifference, Most, Destructive
People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can't do.
- E. W. Howe
People, Trying, Always, Neglecting
If your faith is opposed to experience, to human learning and investigation, it is not worth the breath used in giving it expression.
- E. W. Howe
Faith, Expression, Opposed, Breath
Marriage is a good deal like a circus: there is not as much in it as is represented in the advertising.
- E. W. Howe
Marriage, Deal, Like, Good Deal
Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.
- E. W. Howe
Men, Virtue, Must, Valuable
No woman ever falls in love with a man unless she has a better opinion of him than he deserves.
- E. W. Howe
Love, Woman, Deserves, Opinion
When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.
- E. W. Howe
Friendship, Appropriate, Trouble
When you are in trouble, people who call to sympathize are really looking for the particulars.
- E. W. Howe
Looking, Call, Sympathize, Trouble
The way out of trouble is never as simple as the way in.
- E. W. Howe
Simple, Never, Way, Trouble
One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself.
- E. W. Howe
World, Worthless, Himself, Surprising
Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism.
- E. W. Howe
Expect, Abuse, Them, Consider
A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.
- E. W. Howe
Fact, More, Like, Photograph
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.
- E. W. Howe
War, Go, Like, Pie
To be an ideal guest, stay at home.
- E. W. Howe
New Year's, Stay, Ideal, Guest
A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man.
- E. W. Howe
Woman, Forgive, Never, Acquaintance
No man would listen to you talk if he didn't know it was his turn next.
- E. W. Howe
Next, His, Would, Listen
When men are not regretting that life is so short, they are doing something to kill time.
- E. W. Howe
Short, Men, Doing, Regretting
A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.
- E. W. Howe
Good, Advice, More, Scare
What people say behind your back is your standing in the community.
- E. W. Howe
Behind, Say, Back, Standing
A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast.
- E. W. Howe
Woman, She, Looks, Breakfast
There 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
Expect, Call, Well Known, Known
When a man is trying to sell you something, don't imagine that he is polite all the time.
- E. W. Howe
Trying, Imagine, Polite, Sell
If a woman doesn't chase a man a little, she doesn't love him.
- E. W. Howe
Love, Woman, She, Chase
There is only one thing people like that is good for them; a good night's sleep.
- E. W. Howe
Night, Like, One Thing, Sleep
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
Easy, Imagine, Plenty, Sign
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