American novelist and newspaper and magazine editor
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. – Edgar Watson Howe
One of the most difficult things in the world is to convince a woman that even a bargain costs money. – Edgar Watson Howe
No one can help you in holding a good job except Old Man You. – Edgar Watson Howe
People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can’t do. – Edgar Watson Howe
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. – Edgar Watson Howe
If you don’t learn to laugh at trouble, you won’t have anything to laugh at when you’re old. – Edgar Watson Howe
The most destructive criticism is indifference. – Edgar Watson Howe
Half the promises people say were never kept, were never made. – Edgar Watson Howe
Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them. – Edgar Watson Howe
The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it. – Edgar Watson Howe
A man needs a friend not to flatter him, but to strengthen him at his weak points. – Edgar Watson Howe
No man’s credit is as good as his money. – Edgar Watson Howe
No man has all the wisdom in the world; everyone has some. – Edgar Watson Howe
Automobiles are like people: the cheap ones are noisy. – Edgar Watson Howe
Marriage is a good deal like a circus: there is not as much in it as is represented in the advertising – Edgar Watson Howe
I believe in grumbling; it is the politest form of fighting known. – Edgar Watson Howe
Most people have seen worse things in private than they pretend to be shocked at in public. – Edgar Watson Howe
A man will do more for his stubbornness than for his religion or his country. – Edgar Watson Howe
Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies. – Edgar Watson Howe
Always remember that if a man knows where he can make a dollar, he will not tell you about it; he will go after it himself. – Edgar Watson Howe
Families with babies, and families without babies, are so sorry for each other. – Edgar Watson Howe
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