(110 quotes found)
“Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.”
Edgar Watson Howe
“When a man is trying to sell you something, don't imagine that he is polite all the time”
“Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism.”
“A man will do more for his stubbornness than for his religion or his country”
“Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist.”
“You needn't love your enemy, but if you refrain from telling lies about him, you are doing well enough.”
“When a man has no reason to trust himself, he trusts in luck”
“Families with babies and families without are so sorry for each other”
“Men are virtuous because women are; women are virtuous from necessity”
“It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.”
