E. W. Howe

Novelist

United States

1853 - 1937

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The worst feeling in the world is the homesickness that comes over a man occasionally when he is at home.
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A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.
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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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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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If a woman doesn't chase a man a little, she doesn't love him.
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No woman ever falls in love with a man unless she has a better opinion of him than he deserves.
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The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep.
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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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Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist.
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All of the troubles that some people have in life is that which they married into.
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