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About E. W. Howe
Edgar Watson Howe (May 3, 1853 – October 3, 1937), sometimes referred to as E. W. Howe, was an American novelist and newspaper and magazine editor in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was perhaps best known for his magazine, E.W. Howe's Monthly. Howe was well traveled and known for his sharp wit in his editorials.
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“There is usually enough of everything on the table except cream.”
“We are now confronted with the necessity of remedying the remedies.”
“Automobiles are like people: the cheap ones are noisy.”
“The experience of the world is worth more than the experience of any one man.”
“Silliness which would have broken a politician twenty years ago, now makes his fortune.”
“Every time you become confidential with some people, you hear of a new kind of dirty trick.”
“A man needs a friend not to flatter him, but to strengthen him at his weak points.”
“I know what women expect, and give it to them without disagreeable argument; they'll get it anyway.”
“However disagreeable a situation is to you, you cannot get rid of it by indignation.”
“Of living creatures, business men are nearest sane; their philosophy is as accurate as their multiplication table.”
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E. W. Howe on Car
“Automobiles are like people: the cheap ones are noisy.”
E. W. Howe on Boy
E. W. Howe on Common sense
“What is common sense? That which attracts the least opposition: that which brings most agreeable and worthy results.”
E. W. Howe on Humiliation
“The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it.”
About E. W. Howe
Edgar Watson Howe (May 3, 1853 – October 3, 1937), sometimes referred to as E. W. Howe, was an American novelist and newspaper and magazine editor in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was perhaps best known for his magazine, E.W. Howe's Monthly. Howe was well traveled and known for his sharp wit in his editorials.