88 ordspråk av Edgar Watson Howe
Edgar Watson Howe
We love the Lord, of course, but we often wonder what He finds in us
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What people say behind your back is your standing in the community in which you live
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When a man has no reason to trust himself, he trusts in luck
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When a man is trying to sell you something, don't imagine that he is polite all the time
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When a man says money can do anything, that settles it. He hasn't any.
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When a man tells you what people are saying about you, tell him what people are saying about him; that will immediately take his mind off your troubles
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When men are not regretting that life is so short, they are doing something to kill time.
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When you are in trouble, people who call to sympathize are really looking for the particulars.
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When you can't do anything else to a boy, you can make him wash his face
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You can't do anything unless you do it yourself. And usually you can't do it yourself very well.
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You may easily play a joke on a man who likes to argue--agree with him.
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You needn't love your enemy, but if you refrain from telling lies about him, you are doing well enough.
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Youth is about the only thing worth having, and that is about the only thing youth has.
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