88 ordspråk av Edgar Watson Howe
Edgar Watson Howe
I believe in grumbling it is the politest form of fighting known
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I never met a man so mean that I was not willing he should admire me.
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I think I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.
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I try to have no plans the failure of which would greatly annoy me. Half the unhappiness in the world is due to the failure of plans which were never reasonable, and often impossible.
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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.
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If a woman doesn't chase a man a little, she doesn't love him.
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If the fools do not control the world, it isn't because they are not in the majority
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If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers.
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If you don't learn to laugh at troubles, you won't have anything to laugh at when you grow old.
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If your faith is opposed to experience, to human learning and investigation, it is not worth the breath used in giving it expression
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Instead of loving your enemies, treat your friends a little better.
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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.
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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.
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It's no credit to anyone to work too hard
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Many a man is saved from being a thief by finding everything locked up.
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