Edgar Watson Howe quotes

" When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had and never will have. " # Music

" Most people have seen worse things in private than they pretend to be shocked at in public. " # Politicians and Politics # Public # Friends and Friendship

" What people say behind your back is your standing in the community. " # Reputation # Communication # Communism and Socialism

" The real tragedy of life is not being limited to one talent, but in failing to use that one talent. " # Talent # Tragedies # Failure

" One has fear in front of a goat, in back of a mule, and on every side of a fool. " # Fools and Foolishness

" 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 and Friendship # Freedom # Power

" Abuse a man unjustly, and you will make friends for him. " # Friends and Friendship

" Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies. " # America # Lies and Lying # Books - Reading

" If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you grow old. " # Laughter # Learning # Love

" No man's credit is ever as good as his money. " # Money