171 Quotes by E.W. Howe

People never have confidence in a Big Talker. They know his statements must be cut down, but they can never tell how much.

No wonder the teacher knows so much; she has the book.

If the fools do not control the world, it isn’t because they are not in the majority.

No really sensible person ever remembers enough poetry to recite it.

The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.

I believe in grumbling; it is the politest form of fighting known.

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

There is no get-rich-quick scheme equal to a poor girl marrying a rich man.

A religion that never suffices to govern a man will never suffice to save him; that which does not sufficiently distinguish one from a wicked world will never distinguish him from a perishing world.