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E. W. Howe

American novelist and editor

1853–1937

8 quotes, most often on Friendship.

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.
- Friendship
The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.
- Debate
When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had and never will have.
- Music
When a man is trying to sell you something, don’t imagine he is that polite all the time.
Country Town Sayings (1911), p. 34.
- Business
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.
Country Town Sayings (1911), p. 9
- Wisdom
A man needs a friend not to flatter him, but to strengthen him at his weak points.
Country Town Sayings (1911), p. 81.
- Friendship
However disagreeable a situation is to you, you cannot get rid of it by indignation.
E.W. Howe’s Monthly January, 1912.
- Anger
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.
Country Town Sayings (1911), p. 137.
- Money

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