„Una teoria non ha più attinenza con un fatto di quanta non ne abbia una foto con la persona fotografata.“
citato in Focus, n. 117, pag. 183
Frasi di E. W. Howe
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E. W. Howe
Data di nascita: 3. Maggio 1853
Data di morte: 3. Ottobre 1937
Edgar Watson Howe , scrittore ed editore statunitense.
Frasi E. W. Howe
„Silliness which would have broken a politician twenty years ago, now makes his fortune.“
Ventures in Common Sense (1919), p61.
„The experience of the world is worth more than the experience of any one man.“
E.W. Howe's Monthly January 1912.
„A loafer never works except when there's a fire; then he will carry out more furniture than anybody.“
Ventures in Common Sense (1919), p171.
„A woman does not spend all her time in buying things; she spends part of it in taking them back.“
Country Town Sayings (1911), p16.
„A small man always has one weapon he can use against a great big man: he can "talk" about him.“
Country Town Sayings (1911), p298.
„A man needs a friend not to flatter him, but to strengthen him at his weak points.“
Country Town Sayings [An anthology of witty sentences by the author] (1911), p81.
„When you can't do anything else to a boy, you can make him wash his face.“
Travel Letters from New Zealand, Australia and Africa (1913), p120.
„To want your own way is a very bad habit, for you will never get it.“
Country Town Sayings (1911), p32.
„There is usually enough of everything on the table except cream.“
Country Town Sayings (1911), p31.
„When a man is trying to sell you something, don't imagine he is that polite all the time.“
Country Town Sayings (1911), p34.
„As a rule, you'll not have much trouble having your way, if you are right.“
Country Town Sayings (1911), p49.
„Every time you become confidential with some people, you hear of a new kind of dirty trick.“
Country Town Sayings (1911), p211.
„One of the most difficult things in the world is to learn to take a hint easily.“
County Town Sayings (1911), p111.
