Edgar Watson Howe

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Quote	Categories	Rating
"If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you're old."	Age, Humor, Laughter
"The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it."	Argument, Conflict, Intelligence
"One has fear in front of a goat, in back of a mule, and on every side of a fool."	Fear
"What people say behind your back is your standing in the community."	Miscellaneous
"When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had and never will have."	Evil, Music
"When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it."	Friends, Monarchy
"I express many absurd opinions, but I am not the first man to do it; American freedom consists largely in talking nonsense."	America, Freedom, Liberty
"Instead of loving your enemies, treat your friends a little better."	Friends
"I express many absurd opinions, but I am not the first man to do it; American freedom consists largely in talking nonsense."	America, Freedom, Liberty
"A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice."	Evil, Fear, Men
"You can make up a quarrel, but it will always show where it was patched."	Quotations
"Every man is a reformer until reform tramps on his toes."	Love, Conformity
"If a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it."	Friendship
"If a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it."	Government, Friends
"Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist."	Anti-Religion, Worrying
"A poem is no place for an idea."	Poetry

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Men	Miscellaneous	Monarchy
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