37 Quotes & Sayings By Edgar Watson Howe

Edgar W. Howe was born in Moscow, Tennessee on August 9, 1876, and died in Los Angeles on March 15, 1974. He is perhaps best known for his writing of short stories and his novels set in the Ozarks of Missouri. He was an early associate of Zane Grey and the author of some of the best-known Western stories of that time Read more

Among his works were: The Call of the Ozarks (1903), The Plainsman (1910), and Mountain Man (1924). His popular novel, The Last Ride of Dave Lang (1932), was the basis for the movie, The Return of Davey Crockett (1933).

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When I get hold of a book I particularly admire, I am so enthusiastic that I loan it to someone who never brings it back. Edgar Watson Howe
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What people say behind your back is your standing in the community in which you live. Edgar Watson Howe
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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 Edgar Watson Howe
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About all some men accomplish in life is to send a son to Harvard. Edgar Watson Howe
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A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice. Edgar Watson Howe
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A modest man is usually admired - if people ever hear of him. Edgar Watson Howe
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If you go to church and like the singing better than the preaching that's not orthodox. Edgar Watson Howe
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No woman ever falls in love with a man unless she has a better opinion of him than he deserves. Edgar Watson Howe
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If you knew how cowardly your enemy is you would slap him. Edgar Watson Howe
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Bravery is the knowledge of the cowardice in the enemy. Edgar Watson Howe
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A reasonable probability is the only certainty. Edgar Watson Howe
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There is only one thing people like that is good for them a good night's sleep. Edgar Watson Howe
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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
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The real tragedy of life is not being limited to one talent but in failing to use that one talent. Edgar Watson Howe
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Probably no man ever had a friend he did not dislike a little we are all so constituted by nature that no one can possibly entirely approve of us. Edgar Watson Howe
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Friends are like a pleasant park where you wish to go while you may enjoy the flowers you may not eat them. Edgar Watson Howe
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Instead of loving your enemies treat your friends a little better. Edgar Watson Howe
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When I am idle and shiftless my affairs become confused when I work I get results ... not great results but enough to encourage me. Edgar Watson Howe
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If 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
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What people say behind your back is your standing in the community. Edgar Watson Howe
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A man should be taller older heavier uglier and hoarser than his wife. Edgar Watson Howe
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Even if a farmer intends to loaf he gets up in time to get an early start. Edgar Watson Howe
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Abuse a man unjustly and you will make friends for him. Edgar Watson Howe
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If a man has money it is usually a sign too that he knows how to take care of it don't imagine his money is easy to get simply because he has plenty of it. Edgar Watson Howe
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There is only one thing for a man to do who is married to a woman who enjoys spending money and that is to enjoy earning it. Edgar Watson Howe
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A loafer never works except when there is a fire then he will carry out more furniture than anybody. Edgar Watson Howe
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When people hear good music it makes them homesick for something they never had and never will have. Edgar Watson Howe
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Half the unhappiness in the world is due to the failure of plans which were never reasonable and often impossible. Edgar Watson Howe
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People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can't do. Edgar Watson Howe
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No one can help you in holding a good job except Old Man You. Edgar Watson Howe
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The feeling of sleepiness when you are not in bed and can't get there is the meanest feeling in the world. Edgar Watson Howe
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If you knew how cowardly your enemy is you would slap him. Bravery is knowledge of the cowardice in the enemy. Edgar Watson Howe
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Farmers worry only during the growing season but town people worry all the time. Edgar Watson Howe
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Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk. Edgar Watson Howe
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A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast. Edgar Watson Howe
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Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist. Edgar Watson Howe