Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.

Quote by Edgar Watson Howe

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Farmers only worry during the growing season, but townspeople worry all the time.

Farmers only worry during the growing season, but townspeople worry all the time.

The only way to amuse some people is to slip and fall on an icy...

The only way to amuse some people is to slip and fall on an icy...

A man should be taller, older, heavier, uglier, and hoarser than his wife.

A man should be taller, older, heavier, uglier, and hoarser than his wife.

None of us can boast about the morality of our ancestors. The record does not...

None of us can boast about the morality of our ancestors. The record does not...

A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a...

A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a...

Reading is like permitting a man to talk a long time, and refusing you the...

Reading is like permitting a man to talk a long time, and refusing you the...

If a woman doesn't chase a man a little, she doesn't love him.

If a woman doesn't chase a man a little, she doesn't love him.

The modest person is usually admired, if people ever hear of them.

The modest person is usually admired, if people ever hear of them.

For every quarrel a man and wife have before others, they have a hundred when...

For every quarrel a man and wife have before others, they have a hundred when...

Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone.

Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone.

Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism.

Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism.

No woman ever falls in love with a man unless she has a better opinion...

No woman ever falls in love with a man unless she has a better opinion...

The worst feeling in the world is the homesickness that comes over a man occasionally...

The worst feeling in the world is the homesickness that comes over a man occasionally...

Everyone has something ancestral, even if it is nothing more than a disease

Everyone has something ancestral, even if it is nothing more than a disease

You needn't love your enemy, but if you refrain from telling lies about him, you...

You needn't love your enemy, but if you refrain from telling lies about him, you...

Financial sense is knowing that certain men will promise to do certain things, and fail

Financial sense is knowing that certain men will promise to do certain things, and fail

A man will do more for his stubbornness than for his religion or his country

A man will do more for his stubbornness than for his religion or his country

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will,...

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will,...

Obstinacy in a bad cause is but constancy in a good

Obstinacy in a bad cause is but constancy in a good