Creative Quotations from . . .
Edgar Watson Howe
(1853-1937) born on
May 03
US editor, novelist, humorist, essayist. He was known as the "Sage of Potato Hill."
         
   
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F
No man would listen to you talk if he didn't know it was his turn next.

R
A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.
A
People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can't do.
N
You can't do anything unless you do it yourself. And usually you can't do it yourself very well.
K
A modest man is usually admired -- if people ever hear of him.
 


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: In "Quotable Business," ed. Louis E. Boone, 1992.
R: Country Town Sayings, 1911
A: In "Quotable Business," ed. Louis E. Boone, 1992.
N: In "The World's Best Thoughts on Success & Failure," compiled by Eugene Raudsepp, 1981.
K: In "Webster's Electronic Quotebase," ed. Keith Mohler, 1994.
 

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