American - Novelist | May 3, 1853 - October 3, 1937
To be an ideal guest, stay at home.
E. W. Howe
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A young man is a theory, an old man is a fact.
ManOld ManYoungYoung ManOld
A thief believes everybody steals.
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The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it.
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Farmers only worry during the growing season, but townspeople worry all the time.
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Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom; wait until they have been married longer.
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When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have.
GoodMusicPeopleWillNeverHear
Marriage is a good deal like a circus: there is not as much in it as is represented in the advertising.
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None of us can boast about the morality of our ancestors. The record does not show that Adam and Eve were ever married.
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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.
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All of the troubles that some people have in life is that which they married into.
LifePeopleSome PeopleMarriedSome
Fishing seems to be the favorite form of loafing.
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