People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can't do.

Quote by Edgar Watson Howe

Topics: People Quotes

If your faith is opposed to experience, to human learning and investigation, it is not...

If your faith is opposed to experience, to human learning and investigation, it is not...

All of the troubles that some people have in life is that which they married...

All of the troubles that some people have in life is that which they married...

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

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...

When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and...

When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and...

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

There is only one thing people like that is good for them; a good night's...

There is only one thing people like that is good for them; a good night's...

No man would listen to you talk if he didn't know it was his turn...

No man would listen to you talk if he didn't know it was his turn...

One of the most difficult things in the world is to convince a woman that...

One of the most difficult things in the world is to convince a woman that...

Families with babies and families without babies are sorry for each other.

Families with babies and families without babies are sorry for each other.

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

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

Fishing seems to be the favorite form of loafing.

Fishing seems to be the favorite form of loafing.

Half the time men think they are talking business, they are wasting time.

Half the time men think they are talking business, they are wasting time.

To be an ideal guest, stay at home.

To be an ideal guest, stay at home.

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...

There is only one thing people like that is good for them; a good night's...

There is only one thing people like that is good for them; a good night's...

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

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

Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.

Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.

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.

Everyone suffers wrongs for which there is no remedy.

Everyone suffers wrongs for which there is no remedy.