Famous Edgar Watson Quotations

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"To know when to be generous and when firm -- this is wisdom."
by Edgar Watson
"A poem is no place for an idea."
by Edgar Watson Howe
"Abuse a man unjustly, and you will make friends for him."
by Edgar Watson Howe
"Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies."
by Edgar Watson Howe
"Every successful man I have heard of has done the best he could with conditions as he found them, and not waited until the next year for better."
by Edgar Watson Howe
"Express a mean opinion of yourself occasionally; it will show your friends that you know how to tell the truth."
by Edgar Watson Howe
"Half the time men think they are talking business, they are wasting time."
by Edgar Watson Howe
"I express many absurd opinions, but I am not the first man to do it American freedom consists largely in talking nonsense."
by Edgar Watson Howe
"Most people have seen worse things in private than they pretend to be shocked at in public."
by Edgar Watson Howe
"One has fear in front of a goat, in back of a mule, and on every side of a fool."
by Edgar Watson Howe
"Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist."
by Edgar Watson Howe
"The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it"
by Edgar Watson Howe
"What people say behind your back is your standing in the community."
by Edgar Watson Howe
"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"
by Edgar Watson Howe
"When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is any thing you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it."
by Edgar Watson Howe
"When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had and never will have."
by Edgar Watson Howe
"When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had and never will have"
by Edgar Watson Howe


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