Edgar Watson Howe
42 quotes
Biography
"A man should be taller older heavier uglier and hoarser than his wife."
"A man should be taller older heavier uglier and hoarser than his wife."
"A man should be taller older heavier uglier and hoarser than his wife."
"A modest man is usually admired - if people ever hear of him."
"When I get hold of a book I particularly admire, I am so enthusiastic that I loan it to someone who never brings it back."
"What people say behind your back is your standing in the community in which you live."
"A man should be taller older heavier uglier and hoarser than his wife."
"Even if a farmer intends to loaf he gets up in time to get an early start."
"A man should be taller older heavier uglier and hoarser than his wife."
"A man should be taller older heavier uglier and hoarser than his wife."
"A man should be taller older heavier uglier and hoarser than his wife."
"About all some men accomplish in life is to send a son to Harvard."
"If 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."
"A man should be taller older heavier uglier and hoarser than his wife."
"Half the unhappiness in the world is due to the failure of plans which were never reasonable and often impossible."
"People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can't do."
"If you go to church and like the singing better than the preaching that's not orthodox."
"No woman ever falls in love with a man unless she has a better opinion of him than he deserves."
"If you knew how cowardly your enemy is you would slap him."
"Bravery is the knowledge of the cowardice in the enemy."
"There is only one thing people like that is good for them a good night's sleep."
"A reasonable probability is the only certainty."
"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."
"Friends are like a pleasant park where you wish to go while you may enjoy the flowers you may not eat them."
"The real tragedy of life is not being limited to one talent but in failing to use that one talent."