The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it.

Quote by Edgar Watson Howe

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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...

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

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...

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

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...

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 feeling of sleepiness when you are not in bed, and can't get there, is...

The feeling of sleepiness when you are not in bed, and can't get there, is...

Many a man is saved from being a thief by finding everything locked up.

Many a man is saved from being a thief by finding everything locked up.

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...

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.

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

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

When a man is trying to sell you something, don't imagine that he is polite...

When a man is trying to sell you something, don't imagine that he is polite...

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.

Every successful person I have heard of has done the best he could with the...

Every successful person I have heard of has done the best he could with the...

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...

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

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

To be an ideal guest, stay at home.

To be an ideal guest, stay at home.

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...

Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to...

Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to...

I would like to raise my glass to friendship between Russia and the United States.

I would like to raise my glass to friendship between Russia and the United States.