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

Quote by Edgar Watson Howe

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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...

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

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...

Instead of loving your enemies, treat your friends a little better.

Instead of loving your enemies, treat your friends a little better.

A thief believes everybody steals.

A thief believes everybody steals.

A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast.

A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast.

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

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

Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom; wait until they have been...

Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom; wait until they have been...

Living up to ideals is like doing everyday work with your Sunday clothes on.

Living up to ideals is like doing everyday work with your Sunday clothes on.

The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect...

The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect...

The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect...

The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect...

It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the...

It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the...

When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything...

When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything...

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.

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...

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.

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

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

Money, it turned out, was exactly like sex, you thought of nothing else if you...

Money, it turned out, was exactly like sex, you thought of nothing else if you...

Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to...

Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to...

What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that they are extreme, but...

What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that they are extreme, but...