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Edgar Watson Howe
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Which one of these four quotes is attributed to Edgar Watson Howe?
→ The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.
→ I was born when she kissed me. I died when she left me. I lived a few weeks while she loved me.
→ It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.
→ Instead of loving your enemies, treat your friends a little better.
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Pick the quote attributed to Edgar Watson Howe.
→ The vulgar man is always the most distinguished, for the very desire to be distinguished is vulgar.
→ A man forgets his good luck next day, but remembers his bad luck until next year.
→ A young man is a theory, an old man is a fact.
→ Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.
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Select the quotation attributed to Edgar Watson Howe.
→ All science is either physics or stamp collecting.
→ There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
→ Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.
→ Without magic, there is no art. Without art, there is no idealism.
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One of these may be attributed to Edgar Watson Howe. Which one?
→ Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.
→ Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.
→ Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
→ 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.
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Which one of these belongs to Edgar Watson Howe?
→ The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
→ Keep a diary and some day, perhaps, your diary will keep you.
→ Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs.
→ If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you're old.
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Can you identify the right quote belonging to Edgar Watson Howe?
→ The heart, like the stomach, wants a varied diet.
→ A young man is a theory, an old man is a fact.
→ Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.
→ Beyond each corner new directions lie in wait.
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Guess which of these quotes is attributed to Edgar Watson Howe.
→ The conscience of an editor is purely decorative.
→ Philanthropic people lose all sense of humanity. It is their distinguishing characteristic.
→ When you are in trouble, people who call to sympathize are really looking for the particulars.
→ Addresses are given to us to conceal our whereabouts.
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One of the following quotations belongs to Edgar Watson Howe. Which one?
→ Most people have seen worse things in private than they pretend to be shocked at in public.
→ I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in the kindness of human beings. I am so absorbed in the wonder of earth and the life upon it that I cannot think of heaven and angels.
→ Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile.
→ The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.
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Can you guess which one of these belongs to Edgar Watson Howe?
→ No accident ever comes late; it always arrives precisely on time.
→ A poem is no place for an idea.
→ A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done.
→ Maturity is the capacity to endure uncertainty.
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Try to identify the quote attributed to Edgar Watson Howe.
→ There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find relief in music.
→ Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.
→ Drink the first. Sip the second slowly. Skip the third.
→ Even if a farmer intends to loaf, he gets up in time to get an early start.
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Looks like Edgar Watson Howe is the author of one of these.
→ I have many problems in my life. But my lips don't know that. They always smile.
→ A great man is always willing to be little.
→ A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.
→ Half the promises people say were never kept, were never made.
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Pick the one quotation belonging to Edgar Watson Howe.
→ If a man has his eyes bound, you can encourage him as much as you like to stare through the bandage, but he'll never see anything.
→ Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.
→ No scheme pays as well as legitimate business.
→ But life isn’t hard to manage when you’ve nothing to lose.
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Which one should be attributed to Edgar Watson Howe?
→ The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.
→ The trouble with always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it is so difficult to do without destroying the health of the mind.
→ Silence is the wit of fools.
→ One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself.
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Can you identify which quote belongs to Edgar Watson Howe?
→ The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.
→ Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.
→ What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible.
→ The weakest link in a chain is the strongest because it can break it.
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Select the quote belonging to Edgar Watson Howe.
→ Never buy a portable television set from a man in the street who is out of breath.
→ Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending.
→ As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.
→ Bravery is the knowledge of the cowardice in the enemy.
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